1970s

## 1970

* January 1 – Salty Holmes died, aged 59.
* January 2 – E. A. Diddle died, aged 74.
* January 15 – Will Oldham born.
* March 30 – Secretariat born.
* April 11 – Joe Heving died, aged 69.
* April 21 – Rob Riggle born.
* June 10 – Mike Doughty born.
* September 12 – Will Chase born.
* September 12 – Josh Hopkins born.
* September 20 – Chris Snopek born.
* October 7 – Katherine Walsh died, aged 23.
* October 21 – John T. Scopes died, aged 70.
* December 3 – Paul Byrd born.

## 1971

* February 25 – Dave Harris born.
* March 11 – Corner in Celebrities Historic District listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* March 11 – Locust Grove listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* April 4 – Carl Mays died, aged 79.
* April 20 – Allan Houston born.
* April 24 – Jeff Brohm born.
* June 11 – Roscoe Goose died, aged 80.
* July 20 – Barbara Milton died, aged 73.
* August 7 – Silas House born.
* August 25 – Brice Long born.
* September 17 – Paul Twitchell died, aged 61.
* September 23 – Billy Gilbert died, aged 77.
* September 24 – John C. Watts died, aged 69.
* October 3 – Kevin Richardson born.
* October 5 – Chris Whitney born.
* October 27 – Jeff Walz born.
* November 11 – Chris Holtmann born.

## 1972

* February 1 – Kentucky Governor's Mansion listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* March 13 – Leigh-Allyn Baker born.
* May 7 – Ralph Eugene Meatyard died, aged 46.
* June 13 – Glen Willis listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* August 4 – Brian Aker born.
* October 27 – Robert Damron born.
* December 24 – Darrin Horn born.

## 1973

* January 22 – Larry Birkhead born.
* February 6 – Miss DuPont died, aged 78.
* February 7 – Drew Curtis born.
* February 13 – Laban Lacy Rice died, aged 102.
* February 16 – Wickland listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* April 13 – Kentucky State Capitol listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* April 24 – Emery L. Frazier died, aged 77.
* July 24 – Andy Barr born.
* September 11 – Ruth Hanly Booe died, aged 81.
* September 28 – Hortense Flexner died, aged 88.
* November 9 – Nick Lachey born.
* November 10 – David "Stringbean" Akeman died, aged 58.
* November 10 – Denver Grigsby died, aged 72.

## 1974

* March 16 – Jason Sizemore born.
* April 12 – Arthur Krock died, aged 87.
* July 12 – Frankfort Cemetery listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* July 18 – Derek Anderson born.
* August 7 – Michael Shannon born.
* August 14 – Joe Creason died, aged 55.
* November 11 – Static Major born.
* December 5 – Henry Wadsworth died, aged 77.
* December 9 – David Akers born.
* December 13 – Ben Hoffman born.
* December 27 – Bob Custer died, aged 76.
* December 29 – Heather French Henry born.
* December 30 – Trish Suhr born.
* December 31 – Burks' Distillery listed on National Register of Historic Places.

## 1975

* February 18 – Carl Braden died, aged 60.
* February 20 – Brian Littrell born.
* February 21 – Brandon Berger born.
* May 4 – Anthony Epps born.
* June 3 – Amy McGrath born.
* June 21 – John Fetterman died, aged 55.
* July 1 – Chenoweth Fort-Springhouse listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* July 3 – Ed Johnson died, aged 76.
* October 30 – Steve Kazee born.
* November 28 – Nick Denes died, aged 68.

## 1976

* January 6 – The Stanford Abduction occurred.
* January 10 – Stitch Thompson died, aged 90.
* January 24 – Andrew McKee died, aged 79.
* February 10 – Eddie Moore died, aged 77.
* March 17 – Scott Downs born.
* April 19 – Scott Padgett born.
* April 22 – Bellevue listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* May 1 – T. R. M. Howard died, aged 68.
* July 21 – Earle Combs died, aged 77.
* August 5 – Betty Clooney died, aged 45.
* August 11 – Butchertown Historic District listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* August 17 – Matt Anderson born.
* September 5 – Joey Kern born.
* September 13 – Central Colored School listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* September 16 – Greg Buckner born.
* November 6 – Jace Bugg born.
* December 18 – Jack Lawrence born.

## 1977

* January 2 – Ellis Wilson died, aged 77.
* March 8 – Jamie Eads born.
* March 8 – Henry Hull died, aged 86.
* April 7 – Jimmy Osting born.
* July 7 – Andy Green born.
* August 1 – Francis Gary Powers died, aged 47.
* August 15 – William S. Tribell born.
* August 29 – John Hensley born.
* August 30 – Shaun Alexander born.
* October 6 – Wes Ramsey born.
* December 10 – Adolph Rupp died, aged 76.
* December 24 – Matt Ginter born.

## 1978

* January 5 – Artose Pinner born.
* January 21 – William Girdler died, aged 30.
* January 29 – Rob Bironas born.
* February 7 – Tom Blankenship born.
* March 3 – Yeremiah Bell born.
* March 19 – Garth Greenwell born.
* April 8 – David Wright born.
* April 15 – Chris Stapleton born.
* April 27 – Jim James born.
* May 18 – Strange Animal Sighting in Stamping Ground.
* May 25 – Todd Whitener born.
* June 8 – Sturgill Simpson born.
* June 14 – Matty Matlock died, aged 71.
* July 17 – Clover Hill listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* August 1 – Fred Minnick born.
* August 3 – Patrick Damron born.
* August 18 – George Harper died, aged 86.
* August 30 – Todd Wellemeyer born.
* September 27 – Jon Rauch born.
* November 15 – Churchill Downs listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* November 30 – Robert Kirkman born.
* December 5 – Josh Stewart born.
* December 18 – Josh Dallas born.

## 1979

* January 5 – Rebecca Gooch died, aged 83.
* February 9 – Allen Tate died, aged 79.
* February 9 – Beeches listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* March 1 – Éowyn born.
* March 19 – Abby Brammell born.
* April 20 – Sean Green born.
* April 24 – Fred Koster died, aged 73.
* April 30 – S.S. Bush House listed on National Register of Historic Places.
* May 9 – Brandon Webb born.
* June 1 – Janice Holt Giles died, aged 74.
* July 24 – Ryan Speier born.
* July 29 – John B. Breckinridge died, aged 65.
* September 17 – Shaun King born.
* November 29 – Ray Smith died, aged 45.
* December 4 – Robert Karnes died, aged 62.
* December 7 – Jennifer Carpenter born.
* December 11 – Arnold E. True died, aged 78.
* December 11 – Cave Hill Cemetery listed on National Register of Historic Places.