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2010 An employee at ABB Power building in St. Louis, Missouri, commits suicide after shooting eight people, 3 fatally
2007 Tammy Faye Bakker, dies in Missouri, at 65 2006 Chic Hecht, Missouri, Senator-R-Nevada 1983 - 1989, died of prostate cancer 1999 Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 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 1974 Matt McKeon, Florissant, Missouri, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Billy Baumhoff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soccer midfielder/forward, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 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, Silver medal 1987 Pan American 1970 Wes Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 238lb, 108kg, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics 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 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hour 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, 1996 Olympics 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 Jim Talent, born in Des Peres, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1993 - 2001, Senator-R-Missouri 2002 - 2007 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 Jeff East, born in Kansas, Missouri, American actor, best-known for role of Clark Kent in 1978 film "Superman" 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 David Dreier, born in Kansas City, Missouri, Representative-R-California 1981 - 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 Dan Hamburg, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-California 1993 - 1995 1948 Dianne Wiest, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Hannah and Her Sisters, Footloose 1948 T-Bone Burnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, musician, songwriter, produced artists including BoDeans, Counting Crows, music for films 1947 James Pankow, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rocker, Chicago 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 KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St. Louis, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting 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 in 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 Earl Thomas Coleman, born in Gladstone, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri, 1976 - 1993 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 1942 Tammy Faye Bakker, born in Missouri, Christian, singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, television personality 1941 Helen Cornelius, Hannibal, Missouri, country singer, Nashville on the Road 1941 Lori Saunders, born in Kansas City, Missouri, Petticoat Junction, Dusty Trails 1941 Dick Gephardt, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 2005 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 Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history 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 Maxine Waters, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-California 1991 - 1938 Nathaniel Taylor, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Rollo-Sanford and Sons 1938 Bill Emerson, born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1981 - 1996 1937 Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1936 John Danforth, born in Missouri, Senator-R-Missouri 1977 - 1995 1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air 1936 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St. Louis, Missouri 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 1931 Cardiss Collins, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Illinois 1973 - 1997 1931 Bill Clay, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1969 - 2001 1931 Harold Volkmer, born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1997 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 Steve McQueen, born in Slater, Missouri, actor, Wanted, Dead or Alive, Blob, Bullitt 1929 Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orchestra 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 Mel Hancock, born in Cape Fair, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1989 - 1997 1929 Thomas Eagleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Senator-D-Missouri 1968 - 1986 and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 1929 Burt Bacharach, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer, I'll Never Fall in Love Again 1928 Chic Hecht, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Senator-R-Nevada 1983 - 1989 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 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, singer, writer, only daughter of President Harry and Bess Truman 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, orchestra 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 1917 Jane Wyman, born in Missouri, actress, film, television, Academy Award-winner, first wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan 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 William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1915 Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orchestral 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 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, orchestra 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 J. William Fulbright, born in Sumner, Missouri, Senator-D-Arkansas 1945 - 1974 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 Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 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 Carl Hubbell, born in Carthage, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Giants-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA 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 Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orchestra leader, Tin Pan Alley TV 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 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 1882 Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford 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. General 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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