<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admission_to_the_Union" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Admission to the Union">admitted</a> as the 15th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U.S. state">state</a> of the United States.