2013 Event Former President George W. Bush's airplane, a Gulfstream IV, on its way to Dallas' Love Field , was diverted safely to Louisville International AIrport when the pilot smelled smoke 1997 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville, Kentucky on WTFX 100.5 FM 1986 Death Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59 1986 Event 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 1985 Event 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 Event William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky 1983 Event Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark 1980 Event 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54 1975 Birthday Matthew Kessinger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, fig skater, 1995 Gt Lakes, Jr. champ 1972 Birthday Otto Steffers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1972 Event 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville 1971 Event WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, Kentucky (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Birthday Paul Byrd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, pitcher for the New York Mets 1970 Event WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville 1968 Event WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Birthday Kurt Robin McKinney, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Ned-General Hospital 1967 Event Louisville, Kentucky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali 1964 Birthday Theresa Lynn, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Orgasm Girl-Private Parts 1964 Event AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City A's to Louisville 1964 Event Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville 1961 Event WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 Birthday Joseph Martin Mudd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1988 Federal Express 1959 Birthday Sean Young, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Dune, Young Doctor in Love 1958 Event WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Birthday Mark Hamilton, born in Louisville, Kentucky, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics 1956 Event Louisville Kentucky public schools integrates 1955 Birthday Brad Fabel, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Gateway Classic 1953 Birthday Greg Martin, born in Louisville, Kentucky, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett 1952 Event 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Louisville, Georgia (state record) 1952 Birthday Gus Van Sant, born in Louisville, Kentucky, film director, musician, author, Academy-Award winning director of film, 'Good Will Hunting', other movies include, 'Milk', 'Elephant' 1952 Event 34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville 1950 Event WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Birthday Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer, Tony Orlando, Family Matters 1947 Birthday Morganna Roberts, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Baseball's kissing bandit 1945 Birthday Michael Dorris, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord' 1944 Birthday Leo Burmester, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd Jobs 1940 Birthday Tim Considine, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Mike in "My Three Sons" 1939 Birthday Hunter Thompson, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1936 Birthday Mary Travers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, folk singer, Peter Paul and Mary 1936 Birthday Robert Herman Nichols, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1986 Showdown 1935 Birthday Jorge Mester, born in Mexico City, Mexico, conductor, Louisville Orchestra 1967 - 1979 1932 Birthday Romano L. Mazzoli, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1971 - 1995 1932 Birthday Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1928 Birthday Gene Snyder, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Representative-R-Kentucky, 1963 - 1965 and 1967 - 1987 1927 Birthday Tom Kennedy, born in Louisville, Kentucky, quiz host, You Don't Say, Name That Tune 1923 Birthday Susie Bond, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Flo, Temperature Rising 1922 Birthday Jack Narz, born in Louisville, Kentucky, TV gameshow host, Dotto, Video Village 1920 Birthday William Conrad, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Bullwinkle Show, Cannon 1915 Birthday Victor Mature, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, 1 Million BC, Samson and Delilah 1914 Birthday Rogers Morton, born in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1968 - 1975 1912 Birthday Foster Brooks, born in Louisville, Kentucky, comedian/actor, Miles-Mork and Mindy 1903 Birthday Catherine Dale Owen, actress, Behind Office Doors, Louisville, Kentucky 1902 Birthday John Bubbles, born in Louisville, Kentucky, rhythm tap dancer, No Maps on My Taps 1900 Birthday John Mason Brown, born in Louisville, Kentucky, critic, Tonight on Broadway 1900 Event NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1899 Event Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game 1898 Birthday Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress, Show Boat, I Remember Mama 1897 Event Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) 1894 Birthday Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday 1894 Event Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 1894 Birthday Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio 1890 Event Last NL-AA World Series game Brooklyn ties Louisville 3 games and 1 tie 1890 Birthday Henry Hull, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra 1889 Event Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss 1888 Event Louisville, Kentucky becomes 1st government in U.S. to adopt Australian ballot 1883 Event National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky 1882 Event Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty 1876 Event 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14) 1876 Event Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout) 1876 Event Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1871 Event Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Kentucky 1849 Event Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Kentucky
