1991 Event Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die 1991 Event Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City 1972 Birthday Chris Borg, born in Lexington South Carolina, canoe, alternate in 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Susan Sloane, Lexington, Kentucky, tennis star 1969 Birthday Kevin Jarvis, Lexington, Kentucky, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1969 Birthday Tim Wiley, Lexington Massachusetts, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Travis Fryman, born in Lexington, Kentucky, infielder for the Detroit Tigers 1968 Birthday Melissa Evridge, Lexington, Kentucky, playmate, Aug, 1990 1968 Event WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, Kentucky (ABC) 1st broadcast 1965 Event KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Birthday Tamara McKinney, Lexington, Kentucky, slalom skier, Olympic-4th-1984 1961 Birthday George Clooney, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Dr. Douglas Ross-ER, Batman 1958 Birthday Susan Scannell, Lexington Massachusetts, actress, Nicole-Dynasty 1957 Event WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Birthday Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1949 Birthday Richard Hell, Richard Myers, Lexington, Kentucky, rock bassist, Television 1946 Birthday Jim Varney, born in Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Ernest Goes to Jail, "Hey Vern" 1942 Event Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1941 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor 1941 Birthday Scotty Baesler, born in Lexington, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1993 - 1999 1937 Birthday Ned Beatty, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Deliverance, Repossed, Network 1929 Birthday Bill Barrett, born in Lexington, Nebraska, Representative-R-Nebraska, 1991 - 2001 1924 Birthday Julia Perry, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, Selfish Giant 1909 Event Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning 1866 Event Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000) 1862 Event Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) 1862 Event Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, Kentucky 1862 Event BBT Ft. Henry, Tennessee by USS Lexington 1861 Event Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union 1861 Event Lexington Kentucky - Union military camp forms in neutral state 1839 Event 1st state normal school in U.S. opens, Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 students 1821 Birthday Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky, Rep-Missouri 1775 Event Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington
