04 - Duel at Port Lavacca, Texas, between Capt. Thos. F. Marshall and Lieut. James S. Jackson, of Capt. Cassius M. Clay's company, both of the Kentucky cavalry regiment; two shots exchanged, but both escape unhurt (Mexican War, 1846).
05 - Gov. Shelby, with 4,000 Kentuckians reinforce Gen. Harrison, and take part in the brilliant victory of the river Thames-which closes the hostilities in the northwest (War of 1812, 1813).
06 -- (1954) -- The Kentucky Medal for Valor presented to Jess D. Brown, Walter Carter, Howard A. Curtis and Charles W. Simmons by Governor Lawrence Wetherby. They were the first KyANG recipients ever to be awarded the medal. (Click on names to read their citations for the Kentucky Medal for Valor)
07 - (1961) The 413th Ordnance Company arrived at Fort Stewart for active duty in response to the Berlin Crisis. They returned to Kentucky National Guard status on 12 August 1962.
07 – Operation Enduring Freedom (Military Phase) began (2001)
08 - Battle of Perryville, followed by Bragg's withdrawal from Kentucky (Civil War, 1862).
08 – Operation Jefferson Glenn (1971)
09 – Invasion of North Korea (1950)
10 (1774) - Battle of Point Pleasant During Lord Dunmore's War. Frontier militiamen from Va. were attacked by Ohio River Valley Indian tribes. After an all day battle the Indians left the field heavy casualties on both sides. The treaty that followed this battle ceded the land southeast of Ohio River to Virginia opening up that territory for settlement. [Courtesy Luther Davenport]
10 -- (1950) KyANG 123d Fighter Group, personnel and equipment placed on active duty at the direction of President Harry S. Truman. They are ordered to report to Standiford Municipal Airport to serve for a period of 21 consecutive months unless sooner relieved. The unit is part of the First Air Force, Continental Air Command. Elements called to active duty: 123d Fighter Group, 165th Fighter Squadron, 223d Air Service Group (Less Det C) and 165th Utility Flight.
10 – (1961) The 3rd Medium Tank Battalion arrived at Fort Knox for active duty in response to the Berlin Crisis. They returned to Kentucky National Guard status on 12 August 1962.
11 - Governor John W. Stevenson authorizes Adjutant General Frank Wolford to raise 3 volunteer companies in Boyle, Marion, and Casey counties, to sustain the laws and protect the people against the outrages and murders of the "regulators" (1867).
12 – Bombing of USS Cole (2000)
13 – U.S. Navy established (1775)
14 - Presentation to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Kentucky, of the sword worn by Colonel Joseph Hamilton Daviess when he fell at the Battle of Tippecanoe-enclosed in a box made of oak from the vary tree under whose shade he expired; presented by Judge Levi H. Todd, of Indiana-a native of Kentucky and a member of the family of Colonel Daviess (1858).
14 – Operation Showdown/Battle of Hill 598 (Sniper Ridge) began (1952)
15 - Kentucky troops reach Frenchtown, on the river Raisin, on their return from the victory of the Thames. They collect 65 skeletons of their massacred countrymen, and inter them with proper honors (War of 1812, 1813).
19 - Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia (1781).
20 – (1969) 2nd Battalion, 138th Artillery Battalion returned home and was released from active duty on 20 October 1969 after serving 11½ months in Vietnam.
20 – Korean War’s first Airborne Operation (1950)
22 Harmar's Defeat. Col. Trotter leads Kentuckians at Harmar's Defeat. (1790)
23 – Battle for Leyte Gulf (1944)
23 – Battle of the Ia Drang Valley began (1965)
23 – Beirut Terrorist Attack (1983)
24 – United Nations Day
25 – Operation Urgent Fury (1983)
27 – Navy Day
28 – (1961) The 2nd Medium Tank Battalion arrived at Fort Stewart for active duty in response to the Berlin Crisis. They returned to Kentucky National Guard status on 12 August 1962.
29 – Battle of Loc Ninh began (1967)
30 -- (1957) KyANG 2d Lt. Richard L. Hudson was killed in the crash of a Sabre jet near Vevay, Indiana.
31 – Operation Rolling Thunder ended (1968)