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** and Kentucky
** Ron Cyrus ( 1935 – 2006 ), Kentucky politician
** Commonwealth of Kentucky
** The Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee and Kentucky
** The Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee and Kentucky
** The Cumberland River in Tennessee and Kentucky
** Answers from Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York ( also to Kentucky ), Connecticut, New Hampshire ( also to Kentucky ), and Vermont.
** Kentucky: all but a small part in the extreme west drained directly by the Mississippi.
** OMGcon, an annual anime and gaming convention in Paducah, Kentucky, U. S.
** Louisville riots of 1968 ; Louisville, Kentucky
** Bill Keightley ( Mr. Wildcat ), equipment manager for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team from 1962 to 2008 ( d. 2008 )
** The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12 ; 37 tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the Super Outbreak of April 1974.
** Governor William Goebel of Kentucky dies of wounds after being shot by several assassins on January 30.
** Two U. S. Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, killing 17 servicemen.
** Rainey Bethea was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the last public execution in the United States
** In his final game on the sideline, John Wooden coaches UCLA to its 10th national championship in 12 seasons when the Bruins defeat Kentucky 92-85 in the title game at San Diego, California.
** Ruffian, an American champion thoroughbred racehorse breaks down in a match race against Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure.
** In Louisville, Kentucky, William J. Schroeder, the second artificial heart recipient, dies after 620 days.
** Eighth seeded Villanova defeats national powerhouse Georgetown 66 – 64 to win the first 64 team field NCAA Tournament in Lexington, Kentucky.
** Daniel Boone leads the first attempt by British colonists to establish a settlement in Kentucky, but is turned back in an attack by American Indians in which his son is killed.
** John Haggin, " Indian fighter " and one of the earliest settlers of Kentucky ( d. 1825 )
** Montgomery County, Kentucky
** Kentucky darter, Etheostoma rafinesquei.
** Clinton County, Kentucky
** Fairmount, Louisville, Kentucky

** and wins
** The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin, wins the national elections in Israel.
** Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ambassador to South Vietnam, wins the New Hampshire Republican primary.
** Senator Barry Goldwater wins the California Republican Presidential primary, making him the overwhelming favorite for the nomination.
** The Labour Party wins the parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom, ending 13 years of Conservative Party rule.
** The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Brian Mulroney, wins 211 seats in the House of Commons, forming the largest majority government in Canadian history.
** The Sandinista Front wins the Nicaraguan general elections.
** Yemeni parliamentary election, 1993: The General People's Congress wins a plurality of 121 seats.
** Andrew Wiles wins worldwide fame after presenting his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem that had been unsolved for more than 3 centuries.
** Miguel Indurain wins the 1993 Tour de France.
** Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993: The Labour Party wins a plurality of the seats, and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland retains office.
** Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
** The 23rd Academy Awards ceremony is held ; All About Eve wins Best Picture and 4 others.
** Gloria Diaz wins the Miss Universe Pageant, with the Philippines receiving its first title.
** The 14th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles ; How Green Was My Valley wins Best Picture.
** Romanian general election, 1946: The Romanian Communist Party wins 79. 86 % of the vote through widespread intimidation tactics and electoral fraud.
** In the Hungarian parliamentary election, Hungary's first multiparty election since 1948, the Hungarian Democratic Forum wins the most seats.
** In the Greek legislative election, the conservative New Democracy wins the most seats in the Hellenic Parliament ; its leader, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, becomes Prime Minister of Greece on April 11.
** In the Burmese general election, Burma's first multiparty election in 30 years, the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi wins in a landslide, but the State Law and Order Restoration Council nullifies the election results.
** In the Algerian local election, Algeria's first multiparty election since 1962, the Islamic Salvation Front wins control of more than half of municipalities and 32 of Algeria's 48 provinces.
** Lech Wałęsa wins the 2nd round of Poland's first presidential election.
** Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni wins a landslide victory in the country's first direct presidential elections, securing 75 % of the vote.
** The Likud Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a narrow victory in the Israeli general election.
** La, la, la by Massiel ( music and lyrics by Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa ) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 for Spain, at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
** Team New Zealand wins the America's Cup in San Diego, beating Stars and Stripes 5 – 0.
** South Africa wins the Rugby World Cup.

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