in the new poll.

Tonight, we look back at a presidential visit to several Kentucky town's a governor who stayed in office a few extra days and the Kentucky Derby.

That was about 4 months late.

Our Joe Gibbs has more in a special Tuesday.

Look at this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> Governor Joseph Fisch a left office on September.

Second, 1928, 8 days after he was supposed to leave the felt the new governor Thomas Metcalf was unfit for the office.

President Franklin D Roosevelt visited Kentucky this week in 1940, the president was in court on September second and in Winchester, Olive Hill, Mountaintop and Ashland on September.

3rd.

>> On September, second, 2021 Congressman Hal Rogers of Kentucky's 5th congressional district.

It's Kentucky's all-time longest serving member of Congress serving more than 40 years.

On that day.

He passed Congressman William Mattar as of today.

Rodgers has served more than 43 years in Congress.

Governor, happy Chandler sent the National Guard to Sturgis in Union County on September 4.

1956. interspersed.

The crowd as Sturgis High School was integrated 500 people at blocked the entrance to the school.

It was a confrontation that lasted 18 days.

Louisville Native Muhammad Ali.

That name cash just play, won the light heavyweight gold medal and the Rome September 5th, 1960.

In 2020 Kentucky Derby was nowhere close to being on the percent in May and May because of the COVID pandemic.

The run for the roses was pushed back to September 5th and run without a crowd in the stands at Churchill Downs.

And those are a few of the big events this week in Kentucky history.

>> I'm Joe Gibbs.

Thank you