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Missouri History Today: Eloise: The Animated Series debuts, displaying the work of St. Louis native Kay Thompson.
It’s been a wild eighteen months. Many shifted work and home lives around during the pandemic in an effort to keep others safe. Now as more people are vaccinated, and as case numbers decline and establishments continue to open up, we should all feel relieved, right? Not exactly, says Dr. Arpit Aggarwal of MU Health Care.
Attend an art fair, Taste of St. Louis, a homecoming festival, and more in the Gateway City.
Leading St. Louis citizens, Thomas Biddle and Spencer Pettis fought a duel on Bloody Island. They fired at five feet and both were killed.
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R. Buckminster Fuller designed something he called a geodesic dome and placed one in the Missouri Botanical Garden. Calling this one a “Climatron” he explained that it would last for a while but was not a permanent structure. It has been there now for over 50 years and seems able to stand for many more.
The first duel between lawyers Thomas Hart Benton and Charles Lucas was fought on Bloody Island near St. Louis. At 30 paces both men were wounded.
An astronomer predicted that a comet was coming and would hit St. Louis. Many people panicked and many left town. Young boys added to the problems by standing on street corners and occasionally yelling, “Here she comes!”
Anti-Irish rioting was sweeping through St. Louis. For three days local toughs roamed through Irish neighborhoods to keep the Irish-Americans from voting. Ten people died in those three days.
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On this day the people who had been presenting outdoor musicals and operas in St. Louis voted to make the productions permanent and the St. Louis Municipal Opera (the MUNY) was born.
The International Association of Ice Cream Makers credit Syrian immigrant, Ernest Hamwi, with using his wafer-like pastries to hold a scoop of ice cream on this day. Thus, the ice cream cone was born at World’s Fair in St. Louis. He called it a World’s Fair Cornucopia.
Governor Crittenden offered a $5,000 reward for anyone who could help in the arrest and conviction of the James Gang.
Committee of Health declared the great cholera epidemic was over. At least 8,423 people died in St. Louis but countless others died along the Missouri River Valley to the west.
The two sides of the new Stan Musial Memorial Bridge across the Mississippi were joined in the middle on this day in St. Louis.
St. Louis police arrested 179 people in raids on stills and speakeasies. Jennie Buttee of Dagett Street told police she didn’t even know there was 5000 gallons of mash in her basement.
Missouri’s first Constitution was adopted at the temporary capital in St. Louis.
The Mississippi River crested at 46.9 feet in St. Louis which was 3.7 feet higher than the previous record. Water flowed past the Gateway Arch at the rate of 7.5 million gallons per second.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd dedicated the St. Louis Flying Field as the Lambert- St. Louis Municipal Airport. With him were two St. Louisans, Captain Ashley McKiley and Ensign Thomas Mulrony, who had been with Byrd as he explored the polar regions.
Birthday of A-B Founder, Adolphus Busch.
About ten thousand people gathered for an Independence celebration and to see a balloon ascension in St. Louis. Southern sympathizers in the crowd clashed with Union Soldiers and several people were shot, two died.
The Olympic Games began in St. Louis.
What many regard as the greatest upset in World Cup history, the U.S. team beat England. Five of the players were from St. Louis and four of those were from The Hill. A movie was made about the event. Much of The Game of Their Lives was filmed on The Hill.
The first Catholic church was dedicated in St. Louis. It was a log structure that stood where the Old Cathedral stands today.
Celebrate Missouri’s bicentennial all year long.
At a meeting of prominent citizens it was decided that there should be a celebration of the centennial of Lewis & Clark’s Expedition and planning was underway for the World’s Fair. This post was contributed by Ross Malone. A historian and a retired school teacher, Ross has authored many books about Missouri’s history, weird facts, …