St. Louis

St. Louis steelworker Sonny Liston had only been boxing for eight months when, on this date, he won the Golden Gloves heavyweight crown.

The Missouri Pacific Railroad was chartered. It was created to "… extend from St. Louis via Jefferson City, to the western boundary of Missouri, and thence to the Pacific Ocean."

Many of Missouri's most important pioneers and leaders are buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery, which was started on this date.

Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane. She took off from Bismarck, Missouri and flew to St. Louis.

St. Louisan, Leon Spinks, shocked the sports world when he beat Muhammad Ali in fifteen rounds for the World Heavyweight Crown. He and his brother, Michael, were the only brothers to ever hold world titles.

In Ken Gilberg’s line of work, he gets on his soapbox daily. He loves to speak out about Herbaria, his St. Louis-based company’s all-natural, vegetable-based soaps, deodorants, bath bombs, bath salts, moisturizers, aftershaves, insect repellents, and gifts.

On this date, Hiram Leffingwell presented his plans for a huge city park west of Kingshighway in St. Louis.

The composing room at Concordia Publishing House (on the campus of Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis) was put into operation.

The very first telegraph was sent to St. Louis. It was sent to the Missouri Republican newspaper from Louisville.