January 1, 1914
Missourians Tom Benoist and Tony Jannus began the first scheduled passenger airline service in America.
December 31, 1821
Governor McNair signed a bill that designated the site for the City of Jefferson, which was to become the capital city for Missouri.
December 30, 2010
Devastating tornadoes touched down across southern Missouri striking Fort Leonard Wood, Robertsville, and Sunset Hills.
December 29, 1901
The World's Fair Company awarded a contract to construct a wooden tunnel to take the River Des Peres under the fairgrounds on this date in 1901.
December 28, 1874
The town of Fenton was incorporated. Its petition for incorporation claimed, "35 legal voters, 40 to 50 women, and about 90 children, with fair prospects for an increase in the latter."
December 27, 1869
The composing room at Concordia Publishing House (on the campus of Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis) was put into operation.
December 26, 1707
Father Sebastian Meurin was born on this date. He started the first church in St. Louis and performed Missouri’s first marriage in Ste. Genevieve.
December 25, 1966
A group of architecture students from Washington University sneaked into the McDonnell Planetarium and tied a huge red bow around the hyperboloid roof, thus starting the Christmas tradition.
December 24, 1809
Birthday of Christopher "Kit" Carson from Franklin, Missouri who did as much as any person to open up the west. Read more about him in Tales From Missouri and the Heartland.
December 23, 1982
The EPA announced that it had identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, MO on this date in Missouri history.