(1900) Over 1,500 armed civilians took control of Capitol for two weeks; governor declared martial law, activated Kentucky militia; Governor William Goebel shot by assassin
(1905 - 1909) Black Patch War - farmers burned barns and fields belonging to large tobacco interests; ended tobacco-buying monopoly
(1921) Law passed allowing women to serve on juries
(1920 - 1933) Prohibition - 18th amendment passed prohibiting manufacture, sale of alcohol; hundreds of businesses closed; bourbon distilleries closed; government issued 10 licenses to produce whiskey for medicine
(1926) Mammoth Cave National Park established
(1933) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began building dams in Kentucky
(1936) Last legal public hanging in Kentucky occurred
(1937) U. S. Gold Depository established at Fort Knox; Ohio River floods caused devastating damages
(1944) Kentucky Dam completed
(1950) Atomic energy plant built near Paducah
(1958) School bus collided with wrecker truck, plunged into river, driver and 26 children drowned
(1959) Cumberland Gap National Park dedicated
(1966) Kentucky first southern state to pass comprehensive civil rights law
(1969) Steam-generating plant built in Paradise
(1977) Fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate killed 165, injured over 200
(1988) Intoxicated driver hit bus carrying youth group; crash and fire killed 27; Voters approved state lottery
(1997) Student at Heath High School opened fire on fellow students, three killed, five wounded; study conducted by NORML found Kentucky produced 800,000 marijuana plants annually, value of over $1.3 billion
(1998) University of Kentucky won NCAA Basketball Championship
2000's
(2005) U.S. Supreme Court ruled against display of Ten Commandments inside two Kentucky courtrooms
(2006) Comair flight crashed near Lexington, 49 killed
(2010) Tea Party candidate, Rand Paul, won Republic Senate primary
(2010) Man killed five people, self in argument about breakfast
(2010) Five U.S. military members from Fort Campbell 101st Combat Aviation Brigade killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
(2010) Five U.S. military members from Fort Campbell 101st Combat Aviation Brigade killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
(2011) Australian man held in Louisville on charges of locking fake bomb around neck of Sydney teenager
(2012) Series of powerful storms and tornadoes killed 12
