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March 19, 1923 - Hardesty's opened in what was later Watsons on Main Street in Hazard. The women's clothing store had a fashion show at their grand opening. An orchestra provided the music.
March 19, 1932 - Hazard won the Boy's State Basketball Tournament over Louisville Male
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March 19, 1955 - Hazard won the Boy's State Tournament over Adair County .
March 19, 1966 - In Rupp's last appearance in the Final Four, "Rupp's Runts" lost in the NCAA championship game, 72-65, to Texas Western.
March 19, 1994 – M. C. Napier Girls Basketball team won the State Basketball Championship over Highlands 88-56.
40 years ago today, March 19, 1984 - Ground was broken for the Hazard Village Shopping Center .
March 19, 1987 - Wendys opened in Hazard. 


From beginning to end, the Hazard-Male title game in the 1932 Boy's State Basketball Tournament was a thriller. Hazard took the lead at the outset but were soon tied by Male, and the lead then see-sawed back and forth until the final two minutes of the game. Waldo Combs, a 16-year old Hazard guard, tied the score at 13 with a free throw. One minute later Morton Combs dropped in a field goal from the side and the game was over. The crowd stormed the court at Alumni Gym in Lexington and the trophies were awarded amid the pandemonium. Joe Craft, one of the trainers of the championship team, was the grandfather of Joe Craft III, well known businessman and president and chief executive officer of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., the third-largest coal producer in the eastern United States .

WSGS Crazy Facts. Hazard won two of their state championships on March 19th (1932 and 1955). M. C. Napier High School won the girls state Championship on March 19th 1994.

March 19, 1972 - The Elmer Davis Gulf Service Station was remodeled. Ernest Sparkman, in one of his character voices, called Elmer and asked if he was putting in a new airport at the station. Elmer replied, "Who the hell is this?" The prank call, featuring Greasy Creek Bill, was recorded and even made it into a WSGS commercial for the Elmer Davis Service Station. Unfortunately that recording has been lost.