June 5, 2005
On this date in Missouri history, the American Bullfrog was selected as our state amphibian.
June 4, 2002
Twenty years ago today, the Missouri Fox Trotter was chosen as our official state horse.
June 3, 1875
In the mid 1870s, trillions of Rocky Mountain locusts descended on the Great Plains and devoured everything in their path, even blacking out the sky at times. Churches reported having daylong prayer services to stop the plague.
June 2, 1997
On this date in history, Red Chaney, the Springfield entrepreneur who invented the drive-through window, dies. For 38 years he operated Red’s Giant Hamburg on Route 66.
June 1, 1971
On this date in Missouri history, the first nurses to graduate from Lincoln University were pinned.
May 31, 1995
On this date in Missouri history, the Missouri mule is named Missouri’s official state animal.
May 27, 1911
Vincent Price is born in St. Louis. One of America’s best-known character actors was born into a wealthy and influential family, with little indication of the type of fame that was to come.
May 22, 2011
On this date in Missouri history, an EF5 tornado devastates Joplin, killing at least 158 people.