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Missouri History Today September 10, 1909: Fire Ravages Westminster Hall, Leaves Columns

On December 19, 1984, the Callaway Nuclear Power Plant went into operation. Missouri’s first and only nuclear power plant had been debated for years before ground was broken in September of 1975. Even after the facility got the necessary approval following the federal government’s evaluation process, it was nearly a decade before it began operating near Fulton in Callaway County.

Winston Churchill gives his "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton. Churchill used the phrase "Iron Curtain" to define the division between Western nations and Soviet powers.

On this day Helen Stephens, "The Fulton Flash" dominated the competition and got the gold at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

There are thousands of mushrooms waiting to be found in Missouri.

Westminster College chartered in Fulton on this date in Missouri history.

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The Missouri School for the Deaf was established in Fulton.

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The city of Fulton was incorporated on this date in Missouri history.