A fancy farm picnic without political speeches and camping out for the king.

Our two begins as a look at some of the events that happened this week in Kentucky History.

Kentucky was part of the first U.S. census with work beginning August 1st, 1790.

It was two years before Kentucky became a state.

The census would reveal Kentucky had a population of about 73,000, and about 12,000 of those were enslaved people.

The first fancy farm picnic was July 31st, 1880, and Graves County.

It was described in a local newspaper as a barn dance and picnic.

The political speeches wouldn't begin until 1931.

Happy birthday to legendary White House reporter Helen Thomas.

Born in Winchester on August 4th, 1920, Thomas became White House correspondent for United Press International and covered every president from John F Kennedy to Barack Obama.

She died in 2013.

Also, happy birthday to the Lexington Legends Baseball team, organized on August 3rd, 2000.

The team would begin play the next season.

The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted former governor AB Happy Chandler on August 1st, 1982.

Chandler had been baseball commissioner from 1945 to 1958 and was commissioner in 1947.

As Jackie Robinson integrated the Major Leagues on July 29, 1977, 65, Elvis Presley fans began camping out for tickets to his Plan to Rupp Arena concert on August 23rd.

But they didn't get to see him.

The king died on August 16th.

And that's a look back at this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Toby Gibbs.