1. Kentucky officially became a state on December 15, 1792, after being admitted into the Union as the 15th state.
2. Confederate general John Hunt Morgan led his famous Christmas Raid into Kentucky on December 15, 1862, taking over several cities and disrupting Union supply lines.
3. The famous Kentucky distillery Maker's Mark was established on December 15, 1953, and has since become a beloved staple of the Bourbon Trail.
4. On December 15, 1967, the worst single-plane disaster in U.S. history occurred in Boone County, Kentucky, when a Southern Airways DC-9 crashed due to severe weather, killing all 91 people on board.
5. In the year 2000, the Kentucky Wildcats won their 2,000th college basketball game on December 15, becoming the first program in NCAA history to reach that milestone.