Missouri - Notable Historical Events
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Missouri - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1764-02-15 |
St. Louis, Missouri founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue |
1805-03-03 |
Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms |
1811-12-16 |
Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage |
1812-01-23 |
7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri |
1812-02-07 |
8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri |
1812-06-04 |
Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory" |
1816-08-24 |
The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. |
1820-03-03 |
Missouri Compromise passes, allowing Missouri to join the United States despite slavery still being legal there. |
1820-12-20 |
Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 & 50 |
1821-08-10 |
Missouri admitted as 24th US state |
1830-07-15 |
Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk & Fox, sign fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa & Missouri |
1838-10-27 |
Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated. |
1841-05-01 |
1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri, for California |
1843-05-22 |
1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon |
1846-08-14 |
The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. |
1849-05-17 |
Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri |
1852-11-18 |
Rose Philippine Duchesne dies in St. Charles, Missouri. She would be canonized on July 3, 1988 by Pope John Paul II. |
1854-05-30 |
Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery |
1861-06-12 |
Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state |
1861-08-10 |
Battle of Wilson's Creek (Oak Hills) Missouri during US Civil War - General Lyon killed |
1861-08-14 |
Martial Law is declared at St Louis, Missouri due to pro-secession sentiment which surged throughout Missouri after the Battle of Wilson's Creek |
1861-08-16 |
Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri |
1861-08-30 |
John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels |
1861-10-25 |
First Battle of Springfield in Missouri during US Civil War, Union victory |
1861-11-28 |
Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederacy |
1862-03-03 |
Union forces under General Pope lay siege to New Madrid, Missouri (US Civil War) |
1862-09-30 |
First Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri |
1864-04-04 |
Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas |
1864-09-27 |
Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson) American Civil War, Missouri: 1700 killed/injured |
1864-09-27 |
Centralia Massacre (Missouri): 24 unarmed Union soldiers captured and executed by "Bloody Bill" Anderson/Frank |
1864-10-15 |
Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri |
1864-10-23 |
Battle of Westport, Missouri: Union General Samuel R Curtis defeats Confederate General Stirling Price |
1864-10-28 |
Second Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri |
1865-02-27 |
Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri |
1865-07-21 |
In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown. |
1865-08-15 |
Battle of Lone Jack, Missouri |
1866-02-13 |
Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) |
1866-10-30 |
Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000) |
1867-03-02 |
Jesse James gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead |
1867-05-23 |
Jesse James gang robs bank in Richmond, Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken) |
1868-12-07 |
Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1 |
1873-08-26 |
First free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri |
1874-01-31 |
Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri |
1875-07-07 |
Jesse James robs train in Otterville Missouri |
1879-01-22 |
James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota |
1880-04-18 |
An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100. |
1881-02-01 |
US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri authorized |
1881-07-01 |
US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens |
1905-02-13 |
-40°F (-40°C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) |
1911-03-03 |
1st US federal cemetery with Union & Confederate graves opens, Missouri |
1911-06-30 |
US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri closes |
1916-01-18 |
A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite stikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri. |
1927-09-29 |
Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri, 85 die |
1928-07-07 |
Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped". |
1932-01-02 |
Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri |
1932-08-10 |
A 5.1-kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri. |
1934-06-14 |
WOQ-AM in KC Missouri goes off the air |
1936-03-27 |
WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air |
1944-01-29 |
USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy, is launched. |
1945-08-26 |
Japanese diplomats board USS Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II |
1945-09-02 |
V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) |
1946-03-05 |
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton Missouri) popularizes the term and draws attention to division of Europe |
1951-08-11 |
100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois |
1954-07-14 |
118°F (48°C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record) |
1957-02-17 |
A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people. |
1957-07-06 |
Harry S Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri |
1965-07-20 |
18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record) |
1965-10-28 |
Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri |
1971-09-18 |
19th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 18½-13½ at Old Warson Country Club (St. Louis, Missouri, US) |
1982-12-23 |
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri. |
1983-02-23 |
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. |
1987-12-06 |
3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" |
1988-02-29 |
KWK-FM in St Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG |
1989-07-22 |
Kristin Huxhold, 18, of Missouri, crowned America's Junior Miss |
1991-12-20 |
A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina. |
1992-04-01 |
Battleship USS Missouri, on which the Japanese surrender took place, decommissioned |
2011-05-22 |
An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people, the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950. |
2012-04-28 |
Tent collapse in St Louis, Missouri, kills one and injures 110 people |
2017-02-14 |
Ku Klux Klan Leader Found Dead in Missouri |
2018-07-21 |
Seventeen dead after Missouri tourist boat sinks in storm |
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Missouri - Notable Birthdays
Missouri - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1821-02-19 |
Francis Preston Blair Jr, Lexington Ky, (Rep-Missouri) |
1847-09-05 |
Jesse James, Missouri, outlaw, son of a clergyman, (d. 1882) |
1852-05-01 |
Calamity Jane, Princeton Missouri, American frontierswoman (Wild Bill Hickok) |
1860-09-13 |
John J. Pershing (Blackjack), Laclede, Missouri, US commander (WW I), (d. 1948) |
1860-11-21 |
Tom Horn, Scotland County Missouri, American gunman and outlaw |
1875-09-16 |
James Cash Penney, Hamilton Missouri, department store founder (J C Penney), (d. 1971) |
1882-12-31 |
Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway) |
1884-03-16 |
Harrison Ford, Kansas City, Missouri, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear) |
1884-05-08 |
Harry Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953), (d. 1972) |
1888-09-26 |
T. S. Eliot, St Louis Missouri, poet/dramatist/critic (Waste Land-Nobel 1948), (d. 1965) |
1889-04-15 |
Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri, painter/muralist (Lonesome Road) |
1889-10-06 |
Missouri Royer, The Block Signal |
1893-12-23 |
Ann O'Neal, Missouri, actress (Nana-Professional Father) |
1895-06-14 |
Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Missouri, singer (54th Street Revue, When You Wish Upon a Star) |
1898-07-04 |
Johnny Lee, Missouri, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy) |
1900-10-31 |
Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball & football Hall of Famer |
1900-12-25 |
Gladys Swarthout, Deepwater Missouri, mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda) |
1901-10-02 |
Charles Stark Draper, Windsor Missouri, American Scientist and Engineer who headed the team that invented the Apollo Guidance Computer and inertial navigation technology for aircraft, space vehicles, and submarines |
1902-02-01 |
Langston Hughes, Joplin, Missouri, American poet (Weary Blues) and playwright (Mulatto) |
1905-01-23 |
David Newell, Missouri, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves) |
1905-02-08 |
Truman Bradley, Missouri US, TV host (Science Fiction Theater) |
1906-06-03 |
Josephine Baker, American dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergere) in St. Louis, Missouri (d.1975) |
1912-09-22 |
Martha Scott, Jamesport, Missouri, American actress (Our Town, Ben-Hur) |
1914-03-08 |
Jacob B Bakema, urban developer (St Louis Missouri) |
1916-06-29 |
Ruth Warwick, St Joseph, Missouri, American actress and singer (Citizen Kane, All My Children) |
1916-07-15 |
Vernon E. Clark, St. Louis, Missouri: October 24 - Prison Escapee Captured in Armed Robbery Shootout |
1916-07-23 |
Ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965) |
1917-01-05 |
Jane Wyman, St. Joseph, Missouri, American actress (Magnificent Obsession) and 1st wife of Ronald Reagan (d. 2007) |
1918-04-06 |
Wade Ray, The James Brothers of Missouri |
1920-08-18 |
Shelley Winters, St Louis Missouri, actress (A Place in the Sun, A Patch of Blue & Poseidon Adventure), (d. 2006) |
1921-08-13 |
Jimmy McCracklin, St. Louis, Missouri, blues musician, (d. 2012) |
1923-11-08 |
Jack Kilby, Jefferson City, Missouri, electrical engineer and Nobel laureate (handheld calculator, integrated circuit), (d. 2005) |
1923-11-20 |
Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers) |
1924-08-17 |
Evan Connell, Kansas City, Missouri, author (The Patriot), (d. 2013) |
1924-9-27 |
R.L. Armstrong, The Missouri Breaks |
1925-05-12 |
Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, St. Louis Missouri, catcher/coach/manager (NY Yankees, Mets) |
1925-12-24 |
Mary Hosford, The Missouri Traveler |
1926-03-04 |
James J. Eagan, Former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. 2000) |
1926-07-29 |
Donald Carter, St Louis, Missouri, professional bowler, six-time bowler of the year, (d. 2012) |
1929-09-14 |
Mel Hancock, (Rep-R-Missouri) |
1929-12-02 |
Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist (NYC Ballet Orch) |
1931-04-01 |
Charles Price, Kansas City, Missouri, American Businessman and diplomat, (d. 2012) |
1935-01-15 |
Malcolm Frager, St Louis, Missouri, pianist |
1936-09-05 |
John C Danforth, (Sen-R-Missouri, 1977- ) |
1939-03-06 |
Christopher Bond, (Sen-R Missouri) |
1939-12-11 |
Thomas McGuane, US, writer (Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks) |
1939-12-11 |
Thomas McGuane, The Missouri Breaks |
1941-01-05 |
Chuck McKinley, St. Louis Missouri, American tennis player |
1942-09-15 |
Lee Dorman, St. Louis Missouri, American bassist (Iron Butterfly) |
1942-11-02 |
Shere Hite, St Joseph Missouri, sex therapist (Hite Report) |
1944-05-15 |
Bill Alter, Missouri State Senator |
1944-11-17 |
Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist |
1947-04-27 |
Ann Peebles, Missouri, singer (I Can't Stand the Rain) |
1948-01-14 |
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett, St. Louis, Missouri, American musician and producer |
1949-02-22 |
Leslie Charleson, KC Missouri, actress (Monica-General Hospital) |
1949-12-15 |
Don Johnson, Flatt Creek, Missouri, American actor (Miami Vice, Nash Bridges) |
1951-01-12 |
Rush Limbaugh, Girardeau Missouri, American right wing radio personality |
1951-10-16 |
Alan Wheat, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1983- ) |
1951-11-14 |
Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz) |
1953-07-11 |
Leon Spinks, St. Louis Missouri, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic-gold-1976) |
1953-07-24 |
Claire McCaskill, American politician, junior senator from Missouri |
1954-06-19 |
Kathleen Turner, Springfield, Missouri, American actress (Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile) |
1956-10-18 |
Jim Talent, Des Peres, Missouri, American politician (Rep-R-Missouri) |
1957-01-30 |
William Payne Stewart, Springfield Missouri, PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney) |
1957-10-27 |
Jeff East, Kansas City, Missouri, American actor (Huckleberry Finn, Superman) |
1958-10-10 |
J Eddie Peck, Joplin Missouri, actor (Bold & Beautiful-Cole Howard) |
1960-07-02 |
Julia Montgomery, Kansas City, Missouri, American actress (One Life to Live, Revenge of the Nerds) |
1964-01-08 |
Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984) |
1964-06-06 |
Sherry J Traylor, Mexico Missouri, Miss Missouri-America (1991) |
1965-02-22 |
Pat LaFontaine, St Louis Missouri, NHL center (NY Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, NY Rangers) |
1971-03-10 |
Jon Hamm, St Louis Missouri, American actor (Mad Men - Don Draper) |
1971-06-08 |
Amanda Jahn, Miss USA-Missouri (1997) |
1971-07-23 |
Aimee Rinehart, Miss Missouri USA (1996) |
1972-01-15 |
Kimberly Anne Massaro, St Louis Mo, Miss America (Missouri-5th-1997) |
1972-02-05 |
Erin Phillips, Mexico Missouri, Miss America-Missouri (1996) |
1972-05-20 |
Michael Cox, Hannibal Missouri, 1.5k runner |
1972-10-17 |
Eminem [Marshall Bruce Mathers III], Saint Joseph Missouri, rapper and movie star ('The Real Slim Shady', 'Stan' and '8 Mile') |
1978-06-11 |
Leah Sexton, Miss Missouri Teen USA (1996) |
1978-08-29 |
Larissa Meek, Miss Missouri Teen USA (1997) |
Missouri - Notable Weddings
Missouri - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1957-09-03 |
World Heavyweight champion Sonny Liston (25) weds Geraldine Clark in St. Louis, Missouri |
2012-11-03 |
Professional bull rider Luke Snyder (30) weds Jennifer Manna (34) at Big Cedar Lodge outside of Branson, Missouri |
Missouri - Notable Deaths
Missouri - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1820-09-26 |
Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85 |
1864-01-31 |
Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies |
1943-12-15 |
Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri |
1951-08-01 |
Missouri Royer, The Block Signal |
1961-06-13 |
Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79 |
1979-01-31 |
Vernon E. Clark, St. Louis, Missouri: October 24 - Prison Escapee Captured in Armed Robbery Shootout |
1988-09-01 |
Leonor Sullivan, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at 86 |
1991-04-21 |
Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74 |
1991-06-09 |
Rudy Sooter, Missouri |
1994-06-08 |
Ray Romero, The Missouri Traveler |
1998-11-11 |
Wade Ray, The James Brothers of Missouri |
