1. In 1821, the first commercial steamboat arrived in Louisville, marking a major milestone in transportation and trade in Kentucky.
2. On April 8, 1892, acclaimed African American journalist and civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells visited Lexington, where she gave a speech on lynching and racism in America.
3. In 1940, the first Kentucky Derby Festival was held, featuring events and entertainments leading up to the famous horse race in Louisville.
4. On April 8, 1963, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a resolution honoring Colonel Charles Young, the third African American graduate of West Point and the first African American to achieve the rank of colonel in the US Army.
5. In 1984, Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins signed a law officially designating the daffodil as the state flower, recognizing its beauty and prevalence in the state's fields and gardens.
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