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1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville, Kentucky on WTFX 100.5 FM
1986 Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59 1986 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 1985 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games 1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky 1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark 1980 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54 1975 Matthew Kessinger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, fig skater, 1995 Gt Lakes, Jr. champ 1972 Otto Steffers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1972 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville 1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, Kentucky (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Paul Byrd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, pitcher for the New York Mets 1970 WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville 1968 WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Kurt Robin McKinney, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Ned-General Hospital 1967 Louisville, Kentucky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali 1964 Theresa Lynn, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Orgasm Girl-Private Parts 1964 AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City A's to Louisville 1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville 1961 WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 Joseph Martin Mudd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1988 Federal Express 1959 Sean Young, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Dune, Young Doctor in Love 1958 WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Mark Hamilton, born in Louisville, Kentucky, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics 1956 Louisville Kentucky public schools integrates 1955 Brad Fabel, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Gateway Classic 1953 Greg Martin, born in Louisville, Kentucky, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett 1952 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Louisville, Georgia (state record) 1952 34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville 1950 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer, Tony Orlando, Family Matters 1947 Morganna Roberts, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Baseball's kissing bandit 1945 Michael Dorris, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord' 1944 Leo Burmester, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd Jobs 1941 Tim Considine, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Mike-My 3 Sons 1939 Hunter Thompson, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1936 Mary Travers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, folk singer, Peter Paul and Mary 1936 Robert Herman Nichols, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1986 Showdown 1935 Jorge Mester, born in Mexico City, Mexico, conductor, Louisville Orchestra 1967 - 1979 1932 Romano L. Mazzoli, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1971 - 1995 1932 Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1928 Gene Snyder, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Representative-R-Kentucky, 1963 - 1965 and 1967 - 1987 1927 Tom Kennedy, born in Louisville, Kentucky, quiz host, You Don't Say, Name That Tune 1923 Susie Bond, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Flo, Temperature Rising 1922 Jack Narz, born in Louisville, Kentucky, TV gameshow host, Dotto, Video Village 1920 William Conrad, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Bullwinkle Show, Cannon 1915 Victor Mature, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, 1 Million BC, Samson and Delilah 1914 Rogers Morton, born in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1968 - 1975 1912 Foster Brooks, born in Louisville, Kentucky, comedian/actor, Miles-Mork and Mindy 1903 Catherine Dale Owen, actress, Behind Office Doors, Louisville, Kentucky 1902 John Bubbles, born in Louisville, Kentucky, rhythm tap dancer, No Maps on My Taps 1900 John Mason Brown, born in Louisville, Kentucky, critic, Tonight on Broadway 1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1899 Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game 1898 Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress, Show Boat, I Remember Mama 1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) 1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday 1894 Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio 1890 Last NL-AA World Series game Brooklyn ties Louisville 3 games and 1 tie 1890 Henry Hull, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra 1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss 1888 Louisville, Kentucky becomes 1st government in U.S. to adopt Australian ballot 1883 National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky 1882 Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty 1876 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14) 1876 Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout) 1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Kentucky 1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Kentucky |
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