Search crews begin going through the rubble after the Kansas City Stockyards fire.
Based upon content from the book Missouri 365: This Day in Missouri History by John W. Brown, broadcaster and Missouri historian. Get your copy at Reedy Press.
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July 17, 1917
Phyliss Ada Driver was born on this date. From her home in Webster Groves she performed and became a regular at the Gaslight Square where she was known as Phyliss Diller. She went on to fame with Bob Hope and others.
October 17, 1865
A fair was held at the Greene County Courthouse in Springfield to raise funds for the relief of the area’s war orphans.
October 16, 1917
A disastrous fire raged through the Kansas City stockyards killing 17,000 cattle and hogs; 30,000 others were set free and survived. Many had to be rounded up in downtown Kansas City.