1992 Battleship USS Missouri, on which, Japan surrendered, decommissioned
1989 -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota
1989 Kristin Huxhold, 18, of Missouri, crowned America's Junior Miss
1988 KWK-FM in St. Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG
1987 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"
1982 Ace Goodman, Kansas City, Missouri, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83
1978 Larissa Meek, Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997
1978 Leah Sexton, Miss Missouri Teen USA 1996
1977 Shannon Miller, born in Rolla, Missouri, gymnast, Olympics 2 gold-2 silver/3 bronze-92, 96
1976 Scott Vermillion, Independence, Missouri, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1975 Kristin Folkl, born in St. Louis, Missouri, volleyball outside hitter, alt-Oly-96
1974 Matt McKeon, Florissant, Missouri, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Billy Baumhoff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soccer midfielder/forward, Oly-gold-96
1972 Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President (1945-53), dies in Kansas City, Missouri at 88
1972 Amy Frazier, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star
1972 Samantha Smith, born in Houlton, Missouri, actress, Elizabeth-Lime Street
1972 Michael Cox, Hannibal, Missouri, 1.5k runner
1972 Erin Phillips, Mexico Missouri, Miss America-Missouri 1996
1972 Kimberly Anne Massaro, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Miss America, Missouri-5th-1997
1971 Aimee Rinehart, Miss Missouri USA 1996
1971 Stephanie Thater, born in Kirkwood, Missouri, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics
1970 Eric Mueller, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rower, Olympics-silver-1996
1970 Darren Oliver, born in Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
1970 Lucy Nusrala, born in St. Louis, Missouri, 5k runner
1970 Wesley Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Olympic weightlifter, Pan Am-silver-1987
1970 Wes Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 238lb, 108kg, weightlifter, Olympics 6th 1992, 1996
1970 Brendan Eppert, born in St. Louis, Missouri, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1969 Robert Person, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Mets
1969 Patrick Alfred Bates, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 NIKE Dakota Open
1969 Scott Sanders, born in Hannibal, Missouri, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
1969 Brian Boehringer, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher, New York Yankees
1967 Dave Silvestri, born in St. Louis, Missouri, infielder, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos
1967 Lori Endicott, born in Kansas City, Missouri, volleyball setter, Olympics-bronze-92, 96
1967 Andy Ashby, born in Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
1967 Donne Wall, born in Potosi, Missouri, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1967 Wendy Lian Williams, born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. diver, Olympic-bronze-88, 92
1966 Bernard Gilkey, born in St. Louis, Missouri, outfielder for the New York Mets
1966 Tim Spehr, born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, catcher for the Montreal Expos
1965 630 foot high Gateway Arch completed in St. Louis
1965 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record)
1965 Angela Zuckerman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1965 Pat LaFontaine, born in St. Louis, Missouri, NHL center, New York Islanders, New York Rangers
1964 Sherry Arnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jan, 1986
1964 Sherry J. Traylor, Missouri, Miss Missouri-America 1991
1964 Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Walt Disney
1964 Krista Tesreau, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings
1964 Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer 1984 Olympics silver
1963 Ken Ftach, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star
1963 David Cone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, baseball pitcher, New York Mets/Tor Blue Jays/New York Yankees
1962 Monique Gabrielle, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Flashdance, Night Shift
1962 Brandel Eugene Chamblee, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 Honda-3rd
1962 Connie Price-Smith, born in St. Charles, Missouri, discus thrower, Oly-5th-96
1961 Mike Henneman, St. Charles, Missouri, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
1961 Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79
1961 KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, Missouri (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Janet Jones, Bridgeton, Missouri, actress, American Anthem, Flamingo Kid
1960 James Patrick Delsing, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 New England-2nd
1960 Ola Ray, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jun, 1980, /actress, Thriller
1960 Ray Armsetad, Kirksville, Missouri, 4X400 runner 1984 Olympics gold
1959 Heather Drew, born in St. Louis, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1987 Henredon Classic-5th
1959 Tom Pernice, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, Nike golfer, 1989 Centel Classic-4th
1959 Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS 91
1959 Robin L Freeman, St. Charles, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Northern Telecom-3rd
1959 Linda Blair, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St
1958 Hal Haenel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, star yachter, Olympics-8th-1988, 92, 96
1958 J Eddie Peck, Joplin Missouri, actor, Bold and Beautiful-Cole Howard
1958 Dan McVicar, born in Independence, Missouri, actor, Clarke-Bold and Beautiful
1958 Ruth Guerri, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, July, 1983
1957 Cathy Reynolds, born in Kansas City, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1981 Golden Lights
1957 Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri
1957 William Payne Stewart, born in Springfield, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1983 Walt Disney
1956 Julie Montgomery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred
1956 David Wayne Edwards, born in Neosho, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1980 Walt Disney
1956 Amy Alcott, born in Kansas City, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore
1954 Scott Bakula, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown
1954 Lisa Brown, KC, Missouri, actress, Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns
1954 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record)
1953 Jay Dean Haas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1978 Andy Williams-San Diego
1953 KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, Missouri (CBS) begins
1953 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 Nicolette Larson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rock vocalist, Twins, Lotta Love
1952 Linda M. Godwin, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, STS 37, 59, 76
1952 John Goodman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dan Conner-Roseanne, Babe
1952 Peter Westbrook, born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. fencer, Olympic-bronze-88, 92, 96
1952 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
1951 Sandahl Bergman, Kansas City Missouri, actress, Conan, All that Jazz
1951 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois
1951 Edie McClurg, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Cinderella-1985, Hogan Family
1951 Chris Cooper, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan
1951 Fred Berry, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Rerun-What's Happening
1951 Rush Limbaugh, born in Girardeau, Missouri, radio personality
1949 Don Johnson, born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, actor, Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment
1949 Dee Wallace Stone, [Deanna Bowers], born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Critters, 10, ET
1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 Steve Gaines, Seneca, Missouri, rock vocalist, Lynyrd Skynyrd
1949 Thomas Sturges Watson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1975 Byron Nelson
1949 Tom Watson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, golfer, British Open 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83
1949 [Mary] Kathleen Turner, born in Springfield, Missouri, actress, Romancing The Stone
1949 Rochelle Firestone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Hellhole
1949 Leslie Charleson, Kansas City Missouri, actress, Monica-General Hospital
1948 Dianne Wiest, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Hannah and Her Sisters, Footloose
1947 Betty Thomas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues
1947 Ann Peebles, born in Missouri, singer, I Can't Stand the Rain
1947 Janis Schmitt, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, February, 1978
1947 Todd Susman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Goodnight Beantown
1946 Bob Dotson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, newscaster, Primetime Sunday
1946 Marilyn Vos Savant, born in St. Louis, Missouri, writer/world's highest IQ, 228
1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton Missouri)
1945 Lee Dorman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock bassist, Iron Butterfly
1945 V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)
1945 Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II
1945 Hale S. Irwin, Joplin, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1974 U.S. Open
1945 Judy Rankin, born in St. Louis, Missouri, LPGA golfer, Vare Trophy 1976-77
1945 Michael Nader, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty
1944 Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist
1944 David Rasche, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Sledge Hammer
1944 Bruce Summerhays, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, Provo Open-1966, 91 93
1944 Barbara Moore, Wardell, Missouri, actress, Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE
1943 Thomas W. "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist, dies at 39 in Kansas City Missouri
1943 Faye Wattleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, sociologist/president, Planned Parenthood
1943 Joy Harmon, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Cool Hand Luke
1943 Mary Frann, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live
1942 Shere Hite, St. Joseph Missouri, sex therapist, Hite Report
1942 Marsha Mason, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty
1941 Helen Cornelius, Hannibal, Missouri, country singer, Nashville on the Road
1941 Lori Saunders, born in Kansas City, Missouri, Petticoat Junction, Dusty Trails
1940 Fontella Bass, born in St. Louis, Missouri, vocalist, Rescue Me
1940 Billy Davis, Jr., born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, 5th Dimension-One Less Bell
1940 Jimmy Boyd, McComb, Missouri, singer and actor, Howard-Bachelor Father
1939 Thomas McGuane, U.S., writer, Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks
1939 Lamonte McLemore, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock vocalist, 5th Dimension
1939 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St. Louis, Missouri
1939 Marion Marlowe, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Arthur Godfrey and Friends
1939 Christopher Bond, Sen-R Missouri
1938 Nathaniel Taylor, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Rollo-Sanford and Sons
1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air
1935 Malcolm Frager, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist
1934 John Ashley, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Clipper-Straightaway
1934 WOQ-AM in Kansas City Missouri goes off the air
1934 James Franciscus, Clayton, Missouri, actor, Mr Novak, Longstreet, Hunter
1933 Kathleen Nolan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside
1933 Bert Convy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw
1933 Bert Convy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, game show host, Win, Lose or Draw
1933 Ron Townson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock vocalist, 5th Dimension-Up Up and Away
1932 William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0
1932 Lincoln Kilpatrick, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, BJ-Leslie Uggams Show
1932 Robert Mandan, Clever, Missouri, actor, Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd
1932 Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri
1930 Doris Roberts, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983
1930 Earl Weaver, born in St. Louis, Missouri, manager, Baltimore Orioles 1968-82, 85-86
1930 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on Kansas City, Missouri narchs
1930 Steve McQueen, born in Slater, Missouri, actor, Wanted, Dead or Alive, Blob, Bullitt
1929 Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orch
1929 Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork, Missouri, country singer, Walk on By
1929 Moses Gunn, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft
1929 Burt Bacharach, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer, I'll Never Fall in Love Again
1927 Robert Guillaume, [Williams], born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Benson, Soap
1927 Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die
1926 Joe Garagiola, born in St. Louis, Missouri, sportscaster/host, Today Show
1925 Dick Van Dyke, born in West Plains, Missouri, actor, Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show
1925 Doris J Hart, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis player, Wimbledon 1951
1925 Robert Altman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, director, Nashville, M*A*S*H
1924 Geraldine Page, Kirksville, Missouri, actress, Interiors, Beguiled
1924 1st Negro League World Series: Kansas City, Missouri narchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0
1924 Dennis Weaver, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered
1924 Sarah Caldwell, born in Maryville, Missouri, conductor/opera director, Flagstaff
1924 Margaret Truman, born in Missouri, President daughter/writer, Murder at FBI, /pianist
1923 Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist, Council of Economic Advisers
1923 Allan Melvin, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family
1922 Redd Foxx, born in St. Louis, Missouri, comedian, Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show
1922 Shelley Winters, [Schrift], born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Poseidon Adventure
1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City Missouri begins radio transmissions
1922 WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions
1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions
1920 Virginia Mayo, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Out of the Blue, White Heat
1919 Rusty Gill, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Polka Time
1919 Betty Garrett, St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Irene-All in the Family
1919 Luther Henderson, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, orch leader, Polly Bergen Show
1918 Craig Stevens, born in Liberty, Missouri, actor, Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn
1918 Helen Stephens, Fulton, Missouri, 100m runner 1936 Olympics gold
1917 Henderson Forsythe, Macon, Missouri, actor, Crisis at Central High
1917 M Marie Widlow, born in St. Louis, Missouri, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1957
1917 Dabbs Greer, born in Fairview, Missouri, actor, Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie
1916 Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81
1916 Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York
1916 Ben Weber, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, Thorne Music Award-1965
1916 Ruth Warwick, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Citizen Kane, All My Children
1915 Ellen Drew, [Terry Ray], born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Isle of Dead
1915 Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orch leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie
1915 Jim Davis, born in Edgerton, Missouri, actor, Jack Ewing-Dallas
1914 Johnny Johnston, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Make that Spare
1914 Martha Scott, born in Jamesport, Missouri, actress, Dallas, Bionic Woman, Our Town
1914 Jacob B. Bakema, urban developer, St. Louis Missouri
1914 Jane Wyman, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1st Mrs. Ron Reagan, Magnificent Obsession
1913 Barney Phillips, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dragnet, Felony Squad
1913 Roy Engle, Missouri, actor, Police Chief-My Favorite Martian
1913 Marvin Miller, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Space Patrol, Millionaire
1912 Glen Morris, born in Missouri, Olympic champion/actor, Tarzan
1912 Don Gillis, born in Cameron, Missouri, composer, Symphony #5
1912 Mary Wickes, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc
1911 Ginger Rogers, Independence, Missouri, dancer, Gay Divorcee
1911 U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri closes
1911 Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura
1911 1st U.S. federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri
1910 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1909 John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D
1908 Frank Sully, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief
1908 Robert Cummings, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder
1907 Jane Froman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Jane Froman's USA Canteen
1907 Benny Baker, St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, 18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds
1907 Mary Treen, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Emily-Willy
1907 Frank Wilcox, born in DeSoto, Missouri, actor, John-Beverly Hillbillies
1906 John Huston, born in Nevada, Missouri, director and writer, African Queen, Chinatown
1905 Frank Faylen, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis
1905 Wild Bill Elliott, Pattonsburg, Missouri, actor, Beyond the Sacramento
1905 Isadore I Friz Freleng, born in Kansas City, Missouri, animator, Warner Bros cartoons
1905 Marlin Perkins, born in Carthage, Missouri, TV host, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)
1905 Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater
1905 David Newell, Missouri, actor, Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves
1904 Laura Laplante, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Cat and Canary
1904 Henry Payne Iba, Easton, Missouri, U.S. basketball coach, Olympics gold 64, 68
1904 Sally Rand, Hickory County, Missouri, stripper, fan dance
1903 Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award
1903 Wilton Graff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn
1903 Frank McGrath, Mound City, Missouri, actor, Wagon Train
1903 Stanley Smith, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts
1902 Edgar Buchanan, born in Humansville, Missouri, actor, Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction
1901 Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic
1900 Gladys Swarthout, Deepwater Missouri, mezzo-soprano, La Gioconda
1900 Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball and football Hall of Famer
1899 Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City
1899 Helen Traubel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soprano, Sieglinde in Walkure, Nightclubs
1899 Ace Goodman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, Easy Aces
1898 Johnny Lee, Missouri, actor, Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy
1898 Cy Kendall, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Mysteries of Chinatown
1897 Jules Buffano, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist, Jimmy Durante Show
1897 Morris Carnovsky, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dead Reckoning
1896 Virgil Thomson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer/music critic, 4 Saints in 3 Acts
1895 Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, 54th Street Revue
1895 Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, When You Wish Upon a Star
1893 Ann O'Neal, Missouri, actress, Nana-Professional Father
1893 Irving Bacon, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, Branded Men, Fort Ti
1891 Wallace Reid, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor/dir/screenwriter, Every Inch a Man
1890 Alice Joyce, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Song O' My Heart
1889 Ernest Truex, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Pop-Pete and Gladys, Mr. Peepers
1889 Thomas Hart Benton, born in Missouri, painter/muralist, Lonesome Road
1886 Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orch leader, Tin Pan Alley TV
1886 Wallace Beery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8
1884 Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd U.S. President, D, 1945-1953
1883 Ethel Clayton, Missouri, actress, Hotel Continental
1882 Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer, Citation, Whirlaway
1881 U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri opens
1881 U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri authorized
1879 King Baggot I, born in St. Louis, Missouri, director, Tumbleweeds
1879 Jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], Palmyra, Missouri, actress, Huckleberry Finn
1879 James Shields (D) elected U.S. senator from Missouri after previously serving as U.S. senator from Illinois and Minnesota
1877 Stanner E V Taylor, born in St. Louis, Missouri, director and writer, Lucky Jim, Ramona
1875 Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri
1874 Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy
1874 Sidney Toler, Warrensburg, Missouri, actor, Madame X, Meeting at Midnight
1874 Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri
1869 Clark Griffith, Missouri, baseball player/manager, New York Yankees
1868 Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1
1867 Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken)
1867 Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead
1866 Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000)
1866 Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000)
1865 Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri
1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri
1864 Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri
1864 Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured
1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas
1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies
1861 Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army
1861 Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri
1861 Battle of Carthage, Missouri - U.S. Gen Sigel attacks pro-secessionist
1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state
1861 Union troops march on state militia in St. Louis, Missouri
1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri
1860 Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California
1854 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels
1849 Fire destroy Centrum in St. Louis Missouri
1847 Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman
1843 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon
1841 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for California
1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri
1821 Missouri admitted as 24th U.S. state
1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50
1820 Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85
1820 Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri
1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1812 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1811 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1811 Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri
1811 Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards
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