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August 29 Washington University Library of Congress

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Missouri History Today August 29, 1904: Olympic Games Begin In St. Louis

August 29, 2023

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August 28 William Clark at left and Meriweather Lewis

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Missouri History Today August 28, 1820: Clark Falls To McNair As State’s First Governor

August 28, 2023

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August 27 Missouri Books Library of Congress

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Missouri History Today August 27, 2022: First-Ever State Book Festival Wraps Up In Washington

August 27, 2023

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August 26 Minor League of Women Voters

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Missouri History Today August 26, 1920: Women Finally Win The Vote

August 26, 2023

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August 25 Laura Ingalls Wilder Wisconsin Cabin

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Missouri History Today August 25, 1885: Famed Writer With Ozark Legacy Marries In The Midwest

August 25, 2023

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August 24 Governor Mike Parsons Credit Officer of Governor Michael L. Parson

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Missouri History Today August 24, 2020: COVID Prompts Governor To Hand Out Masks

August 24, 2023

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August 23 Robert Heinlein RDNE Stock project via Pexels

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Missouri History Today August 23, 2016: Sci-Fi Legend Joins Hall Of Fame

August 23, 2023

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August 21 Eclipse

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Missouri History Today August 21, 2017: Eclipse Brings Total Darkness To Multiple Missouri Cities

August 21, 2023

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August 18 Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden Library of Congress

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Missouri History Today August 18, 1960: Tropical Plants Become Staples At Iconic Botanical Garden Building

August 18, 2023

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August 17 Charles Lindbergh and Spirit of St. Louis Library of Congress

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Missouri History Today August 17, 1927: Lindbergh Memorializes New Kansas City Airport

August 17, 2023

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August 14 Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Missouri History Today August 14, 1935: Social Security Benefits Extend To Missourians

August 14, 2023

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August 12 St Louis World s Fair and St Louis Zoo

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Missouri History Today August 12, 1905: Bird Cage Spurs Conversation Of Forest Park Zoo

August 12, 2023

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August 11 Omar Bradley

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Missouri History Today August 11, 1949: Moberly Native Named To Prestigious Presidential Role

August 11, 2023

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August 10 President James Monroe

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Missouri History Today August 10, 1821: Show-Me State Joins The Union

August 10, 2023

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August 9 1905 Car

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Missouri History Today August 9, 1905: Speed Breakers Meet Their Match In St. Louis

August 9, 2023

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Missouri History Today August 5, 2001: Hallmark Launches Its Own TV Programming

August 5, 2023

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August 4 Greene County Missouri road

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Missouri History Today August 4, 1921: Centennial Road Law Transforms State Highway System

August 4, 2023

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August 3 St Louis newsie

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Missouri’s Oldest Continuous Newspaper Hits Stands With First Issue: August 3, 1839

August 3, 2023

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August 1 Calamity Jane by CE Finn

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Missouri History Today August 1, 1903: Legendary Western Figure Calamity Jane Passes Away, Leaving a Colorful Legacy

August 1, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 25, 1972: Vice Presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton admits to having had shock treatments.

July 26, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 24, 1983: George Brett’s “pine tar” game becomes legendary.

July 24, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 23, 1925: A rural mail carrier is wounded while delivering a package to a resident near Walnut Grove.

July 24, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 22, 2016: Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton picks Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate.

July 22, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 20, 1910: The Christian Endeavor Society of Missouri begins a campaign to ban all motion pictures that show kissing between nonrelatives.

July 22, 2023

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Missouri History Today, July 21, Ozark debuts on Netflix, with Lake of the Ozarks as the setting.

July 21, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 18, 1966: McDonnell-Douglas’ Gemini X spacecraft carried John Young and Michael Collins into space.

July 18, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 17, 1917: Phyliss Ada Driver is born. We know her as Phyliss Diller.

July 16, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 16, 1911: Ginger Rogers is born in Independence.

July 15, 2023

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Missouri History Today July 15, 2000: A lightning bolt injures four Boy Scouts in their tent at Taum Sauk Mountain State Park.

July 14, 2023

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