August 4, 1997
A spectacular fire occurred in Fenton on this day. More than 180,000 wooden pallets burned at a recycling plant.
August 3, 1901
Automobile owners were protesting against the eight mile per hour speed limit. They claimed that autos could be safe up to 15 miles per hour.
August 1, 1904
The St. Louis police department became the first in the nation to use fingerprints for identification.
July 31, 2010
The nuclear submarine, USS Missouri was commissioned. It was the fifth ship of the line to be named for the Show-Me State.
July 29, 1904
The International Association of Ice Cream Makers credit Syrian immigrant, Ernest Hamwi, with using his wafer-like pastries to hold a scoop of ice cream on this day. Thus, the ice cream cone was born at World's Fair in St. Louis. He called it a World's Fair Cornucopia.
July 28, 1881
Governor Crittenden offered a $5,000 reward for anyone who could help in the arrest and conviction of the James Gang.
July 27, 1904
The first mayor in the U.S. to have an automobile got his new car on this date. St. Louis Mayor Rolla Wells was challenged to a race with the police departments new scorcher wagon.
July 26, 2013
The two sides of the new Stan Musial Memorial Bridge across the Mississippi were joined in the middle on this day in St. Louis.
July 25, 1934
Missouri was struggling through her hottest month in history. Thousands of city people were sleeping in parks and along highways looking for relief from their houses and apartments.