July 16, 1862
Missouri History Today is a regular online feature of Missouri Life magazine to chronicle Show-Me State history.
July 14, 1954
This was the hottest day in Missouri history. The temperature reached 118 degrees Fahrenheit in Warsaw and Union—towns 160 miles apart.
July 13, 1980
Missouri History Today is a regular, online feature from Missouri Life magazine. We look at significant dates in Show-Me State history that shaped who were are today.
July 12, 1963
The Parkway Theaters in the Ward Parkway Shopping Center in Kansas City was the first known complex to have multiple theaters at one location.
July 10, 1945
Kansas City Royals star Hal McRae was born on this date. He defined the position of designated hitter.
July 9, 2004
Missouri's official state dinosaur, Hypsibema Missouriense, was a duck-billed herbivore.
July 8, 1919
On this date in history, Mickey Carroll, one of the most beloved of all the Munchkins in the “Wizard of Oz," was born in St. Louis.
July 7, 1928
A giant step forward in the baking industry put Missouri on the culinary map, as the Chillicothe Baking Company sold sliced bread for the very first time.
