University of Missouri

A once substantial Missouri cash crop makes a comeback.

Pro basketball player and Mizzou coach Stormin’ Norman Stewart was born in Shelby County.

The cornerstone was laid for the Memorial Union Tower at the University of Missouri. It is the last gothic structure that was erected in the United States.

The entire University of Missouri football team resigned. They were upset because the university was requiring that players be full-time students with good grades. 

Archaeological findings shape our understanding of the past.

Established by the Geyer Act of 1839, The University of Missouri began accepting students on April 14, 1841.

Streaking was at its height and, on this day, 600 streakers claimed a world record at the University of Missouri.

The University of Missouri played its first football game against another school—Washington University in St. Louis.

On this date the School of Journalism was founded at the University of Missouri. It was the very first "J-school" in the world.

William Henry Hatch, Missouri’s Congressman and agricultural innovator, was born. Hatch Hall at the University of Missouri in Columbia was named in his honor.