Fire Ravages Westminster Hall, Leaves Columns: September 10, 1909
Missouri History Today September 10, 1909: Fire Ravages Westminster Hall, Leaves Columns
Have a Ball
At the Grrridiron Girls Camp at William Woods University, boys and girls have the opportunity to learn flag football fundamentals. Grrridiron Girls founder and football trailblazer Dr. Jen Welter says the program's aim is to help kids build confidence.
Winston Churchill Delivers His Iron Curtain Speech: March 5, 1946
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.
Opening of the Callaway Nuclear Power Plant
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.
August 4, 1936
On this day Helen Stephens, "The Fulton Flash" dominated the competition and got the gold at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
