7 June 1769
On this date in 1769...
Frontiersman Daniel Boone first visited and began exploring the "Dark and Bloody Ground" of present-day Kentucky.
Other Years:
- 1618 - Thomas West, the third Baron de La Mar, and English Governor of Virginia colony died.
- 1862 - In New Orleans, Louisiana, William B. Mumford was hanged by order of U.S. General Benjamin "Beast" Butler for tearing down a U.S. flag flying over the New Orleans Mint.
- 1998 - James Byrd, Jr. was dragged to death behind a pickup by three white men outside Jasper, Texas in a racially-motivated murder.
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