Gov. Mel Carnahan dies in a plane crash near Hillsboro.
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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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.
October 16, 1949
WDAF-TV went on the air in Kansas City. It was Missouri's second television station.