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Can’t Stop the Derby!
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First Model T car built by Henry Ford (1906)
Affordable automobiles provided easier transportation to the
racetrack.
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Titanic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean (1912)
Five year old Johnny Longden and family miss boat on trip to America – grows up to ride and train a Derby
winner.
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World War I Begins (1914)
Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated
to the Red Cross.
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Beginning of the Great Depression (1929)
Sports provided an escape from daily life – Derby attendance
soared.
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The Great Flood (1937)
The waters receded and the Derby ran on schedule. War Admiral wins and goes on to
win Triple Crown.
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America enters World War II (1941)
Due to travel restrictions, people took streetcars to
Churchill Downs.
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Churchill Downs Bankruptcy (1894)
Original racetrack owners sell to new group.
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Tornado (1890)
Kentucky Derby ran on time less than two months later.
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The Kentucky State Fair (1902)
The first Kentucky State Fair held at Churchill Downs.
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First recorded airplane flight in Kentucky (1910)
Took off from Churchill Downs infield
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Smoke Bomb Thrown on Track (1976)
National Guard Sergeant Gary Wall races under rail, throws bomb in helmet
and buries it. No one hurt.
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Civil Rights Unrest (1967)
Many expected riots after a tense Derby week, but Martin Luther King
Jr. helped diffuse the situation.