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unusual facts about Louisville, KY



1920 Louisiana hurricane

A train running from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee was left stranded after being washed out near Chef Menteur Pass, and other rail operations were stopped between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama.

1967 NHL expansion

Cleveland and Louisville had also expressed previous interest but were not represented.

1st Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 1st Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1925, not by Scripps Howard but by the Louisville Courier-Journal.

2009 Connecticut Huskies football team

Senior running back Andre Dixon ran for 153 yards and three touchdowns and Connecticut beat Louisville for the Huskies first Big East win of the season.

21st Ohio Infantry

The soldiers were discharged from the army and paid on July 28, 1865, when the regiment mustered out in Louisville, Kentucky.

43rd Ohio Infantry

The 43rd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 13, 1865.

74th Ohio Infantry

The 74th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 11, 1865.

78th Ohio Infantry

The 78th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 11, 1865.

80th Troop Carrier Squadron

Postwar the squadron was activated in the Air Force Reserve in 1947, first at Godman AFB, then at Standiford Field, Louisville, Kentucky, operating C-46 Commandos for Tactical Air Command Eighteenth Air Force; activated during the Korean War in 1951, its aircraft and personnel being used as fillers for active duty units, then inactivated.

95th Ohio Infantry

The 95th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on August 19, 1865.

Angel Cordero, Jr.

The Kentucky Derby is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky and is considered by many as the most important race in American thoroughbred racing.

Anne Allen

Ann Taylor Allen (graduated 1965), professor of German history at the University of Louisville

Bluegrass Balloon Festival

By 2002, the event had grown to 85 registered balloons, and WHAS-TV 11, a local television station in Louisville, featured the evening Balloon Glow during its prime time broadcast.

Bryn Chapman

Whilst living in Kentucky Chapman won the Miss Louisville 2002 title and placed first runner-up to Miss Kentucky 2002.

Cumberland Gap, Tennessee

In 1888, a work camp was established at Cumberland Gap by Scottish-born entrepreneur Alexander Arthur (1846–1912) to house workers needed to build a tunnel for the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad.

David Allan Young

He then taught science at the Louisville Public School System and later studied entomology at the Cornell University and obtained a Master of Science in 1942.

Ernie Allen

Mr. Allen is also a former Director of Public Health & Safety for the City of Louisville, Kentucky.

Ford P platform

Production of the Super Duty trucks will continue at the Louisville, Kentucky truck plant.

Frances Anderson

On June 29, 1969, Anderson attended the founding meeting of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA), in Louisville, Kentucky.

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Housed within the office complex are nearly 1,000,000 original design records detailing work on many of America’s most treasured landscapes including the U. S. Capitol and White House Grounds; Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia National Parks; Yosemite Valley; New York's Central Park; and whole park systems in cities such as Buffalo, Seattle, Boston and Louisville.

Gregory Charvat

He built amateur radio equipment in high school, a radio telescope for which he won second place at the 1997 International Science and Engineering Fair in Louisville, KY, and developed many radar sensors in college.

Jess Weixler

She graduated in 1999 from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where she also attended the Walden Theatre Conservatory Program and was in The River City Players acting group and in the Chamber Singers choral group.

John Michael Hayden

A two-time Parade Magazine All-American at Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky, Hayden matriculated at Indiana University in 2002.

Jon Petrovich

Petrovich began as a reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky before moving on to become assistant News Director for WDIV-TV in Detroit, Michigan.

Jorge Navarro Suárez

In 2010, Navarro was captured in an undercover video for ABC News during an event of the Council of United States Legislators in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Oaks top three finishers

This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Kentucky Oaks, the first leg of the defacto American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, an American Grade 1 race for three year-old fillies at 1-1/8 miles (9 furlongs) on the dirt held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky–Louisville rivalry

In 1994, with former Kentucky player Howard Schnellenberger coaching Louisville, the series was revived after a 70-year dormancy.

Louisville Lightning

Louisville was awarded the team in August with the ownership group of Wayne Estopinal and Ted Nichols and the new team was aptly named the Lightning as well.

Louisville Thunder

Louisville Thunder was an indoor soccer club based in Louisville, Kentucky that competed in the American Indoor Soccer Association.

Margaret Vandercook

Daughter of Joel Mayo Womack and Nannie Gibson (O'Bannon) Womack, she was born in Louisville, Kentucky, where she attended both public and private schools.

Middleton S. Barnwell

Middleton S. Barnwell was born September 9, 1882 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Monon, Indiana

The northern division came into Monon and turned ninety degrees heading south to Lafayette and Louisville, Kentucky.

National League

After recruiting St. Louis privately, four western clubs met in Louisville, Kentucky, in January 1876.

Papa John's Cardinal Stadium

Most notably, PJCS is the regular host of two major city rivalries—the Catholic rivalry between St. Xavier and Trinity, which regularly draws crowds in the 35,000 range; and the Male-Manual game, a public-school battle which is the longest running, continuously played high school football rivalry in America.

Petrino

Bobby Petrino (born 1961), current head coach at University of Louisville

Pheme Perkins

Pheme Perkins (born 1945 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Professor of Theology at Boston College, where she has been teaching since 1972.

Prestonia, Louisville

Prestonia is a neighborhood five miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Its boundaries are Preston Highway, Interstate 65, Interstate 264 and the Norfolk Southern Railway tracks.

Rank Strangers

The Rank Strangers were also headliners at the Station Inn in Nashville, and the Louisville, Kentucky, music festival, supporting guitar legend Tony Rice's bluegrass band.

Ron Gettelfinger

Gettelfinger started his union involvement in 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Louisville Assembly Plant run by Ford Motor Company while working as a chassis line repairman.

Scott Padgett

In 2007, Padgett left the NBA and returned to Louisville, co-hosting The Dave and Scott show with former University of Louisville Football Player Dave Ragone.

Scott Ritcher

Scott Ritcher is a magazine publisher and graphic designer from Louisville, Kentucky, born September 27, 1969.

Shackelford Miller, Jr.

His elder brother, Welman Miller, died in 1913 and his younger brother, Neville Miller, who died in 1977, was dean of the University of Louisville Law School and later Mayor of Louisville in 1933-37.

St. Michael Elementary School

On August 6, 2006, a new Community Center was dedicated by the Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly and the current mayor of Louisville Jerry Abramson.

Strathmoor, Kentucky

Strathmoor is a former suburb of Louisville, Kentucky.

Taco Bell chihuahua

Gidget "The Taco Bell Chihuahua" (February 7, 1994 - July 21, 2009) was a popular advertising figure and mascot, voiced by Carlos Alazraqui, and developed by TBWA and used by Taco Bell, a division of Louisville, Kentucky (USA)-based Yum! Brands.

Timothy Shay Arthur

He then found employment with a wholesale merchandiser and later as an agent for an investment concern, a job that took him briefly to Louisville, Kentucky.

Tropics and Meridians

Tropics and Meridians is the second album by Louisville-based math rock band June of 44.

Waterfront Development Corporation

An agreement to provide equal funding between the governments of Louisville, Jefferson County, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky led to the creation of the Waterfront Development Corporation.

William George McCloskey

He was rector until his promotion to the See of Louisville in May 1868, being consecrated bishop in the chapel of the college on May 24 of that year by Cardinal von Reisach, Archbishop of Munich, Bavaria, assisted by Mons.

Woodlawn trophy

Considered one of the most valuable trophies in sports, the trophy has its roots at the Woodlawn Race Course, a 19th century race track near Louisville, Kentucky.


see also

Charles L. Venable

Venable also served five years (2002–2007) as deputy director of the Cleveland Museum of Art and then five years as the Director of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY.

O'Bannon Woods State Park

O'Bannon Woods State Park is located near Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana, 32 miles (51 km) west of Louisville, KY.

The Golden Road

The Golden Road Music and Art Festival, an annual Grateful Dead festival in Louisville, KY.