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1991 Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die

1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City

1972 Chris Borg, born in Lexington South Carolina, canoe, alternate in 1996 Olympics

1970 Susan Sloane, Lexington, Kentucky, tennis star

1969 Kevin Jarvis, Lexington, Kentucky, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds

1969 Tim Wiley, Lexington Massachusetts, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics

1969 Travis Fryman, born in Lexington, Kentucky, infielder for the Detroit Tigers

1968 Melissa Evridge, Lexington, Kentucky, playmate, Aug, 1990

1968 WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting

1968 WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, Kentucky (ABC) 1st broadcast

1965 KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting

1962 Tamara McKinney, Lexington, Kentucky, slalom skier, Olympic-4th-1984

1961 George Clooney, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Dr. Douglas Ross-ER, Batman

1958 Susan Scannell, Lexington Massachusetts, actress, Nicole-Dynasty

1957 WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting

1955 WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting

1949 Richard Hell, [Richard Myers], Lexington, Kentucky, rock bassist, Television

1946 Jim Varney, born in Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Ernest Goes to Jail, /"Hey Vern"

1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea

1941 US aircraft carrier Lexington/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor

1937 Ned Beatty, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Deliverance, Repossed, Network

1924 Julia Perry, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, Selfish Giant

1909 Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning

1866 Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000)

1862 Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)

1862 Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY

1862 BBT Ft. Henry, Tennessee by USS Lexington

1861 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union

1861 Lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state

1839 1st state normal school in U.S. opens, Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 students

1821 Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky, Rep-Missouri

1775 Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington



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