2014 Event Continued riots in Ferguson, Missouri over the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown by a police officer have resulted in the announcement of a state of emergency and a curfew by Governor Jay Nixon 2014 Event NCAA basketball team Wichita State Shockers wins the Missouri Valley Conference championship undefeated 2011 Event Tornado warnings are issued for Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri; the Joplin, Missouri death toll rises to 126 people with 1,150 injured by the May 22 tornado 2011 Event Tornadoes hit Joplin, Missouri, and a state of emergency is declared; more tornadoes hit Minneapolis, Minnesota and warnings are announced in states from Texas to Michigan 2011 Event The U.S. Coast Guard responds to heavy flooding by closing a section of the Mississippi River near Caruthersville, Missouri 2010 Event Flash floods on the Little Missouri River kill at least 20 people near a campground in the Ouachita Mountains, west of Little Rock, Arkansas 2010 Event An employee at ABB Power building in St. Louis, Missouri, commits suicide after shooting eight people, 3 fatally 2007 Death Tammy Faye Bakker, dies in Missouri, at 65 2006 Death Chic Hecht, Missouri, Senator-R-Nevada 1983 - 1989, died of prostate cancer 1999 Death Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 1992 Event Battleship USS Missouri, on which, Japan surrendered, decommissioned 1989 Event -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota 1989 Event Kristin Huxhold, 18, of Missouri, crowned America's Junior Miss 1988 Event KWK-FM in St. Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG 1987 Event 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" 1982 Death Ace Goodman, Kansas City, Missouri, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83 1980 Birthday Chingy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, born Howard Bailey, Jr., rapper, debut album, 'Jackpot' produced hit titled, 'One Call Away' and went Triple Platinum 1978 Birthday Larissa Meek, Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997 1978 Birthday Leah Sexton, Miss Missouri Teen USA 1996 1977 Birthday Shannon Miller, born in Rolla, Missouri, gymnast, Olympics 2 gold-2 silver/3 bronze-92, 96 1976 Birthday Scott Vermillion, Independence, Missouri, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold 1975 Birthday Kristin Folkl, born in St. Louis, Missouri, volleyball outside hitter 1974 Birthday Matt McKeon, Florissant, Missouri, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Birthday Billy Baumhoff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soccer midfielder/forward, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1972 Death Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President (1945-53), dies in Kansas City, Missouri at 88 1972 Birthday Amy Frazier, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star 1972 Birthday Samantha Smith, born in Houlton, Missouri, actress, Elizabeth-Lime Street 1972 Birthday Michael Cox, Hannibal, Missouri, 1.5k runner 1972 Birthday Erin Phillips, Mexico Missouri, Miss America-Missouri 1996 1972 Birthday Kimberly Anne Massaro, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Miss America, Missouri-5th-1997 1971 Birthday Aimee Rinehart, Miss Missouri USA 1996 1971 Birthday Stephanie Thater, born in Kirkwood, Missouri, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Matt Blunt, born in Springfield, Missouri, politician, Republican, 54th Governor of Missouri, formerly an officer in the U.S. Navy 1970 Birthday Eric Mueller, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rower, Olympics-silver-1996 1970 Birthday Darren Oliver, born in Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher for the Texas Rangers 1970 Birthday Lucy Nusrala, born in St. Louis, Missouri, 5k runner 1970 Birthday Wesley Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Olympic weightlifter, Silver medal 1987 Pan American 1970 Birthday Wes Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 238lb, 108kg, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Brendan Eppert, born in St. Louis, Missouri, speed skater 1994 Olympics 1969 Birthday Robert Person, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Mets 1969 Birthday Patrick Alfred Bates, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 NIKE Dakota Open 1969 Birthday Scott Sanders, born in Hannibal, Missouri, pitcher for the San Diego Padres 1969 Birthday Brian Boehringer, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher, New York Yankees 1967 Birthday Dave Silvestri, born in St. Louis, Missouri, infielder, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos 1967 Birthday Lori Endicott, born in Kansas City, Missouri, volleyball setter, Olympics-bronze-92, 96 1967 Birthday Andy Ashby, born in Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher for the San Diego Padres 1967 Birthday Donne Wall, born in Potosi, Missouri, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1967 Birthday Wendy Lian Williams, born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. diver, Olympic-bronze-88, 92 1966 Birthday Bernard Gilkey, born in St. Louis, Missouri, outfielder for the New York Mets 1966 Birthday Tim Spehr, born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, catcher for the Montreal Expos 1965 Event 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hour record) 1965 Birthday Angela Zuckerman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, speed skater 1994 Olympics 1965 Birthday Pat LaFontaine, born in St. Louis, Missouri, NHL center, New York Islanders, New York Rangers 1964 Birthday Don Cheadle, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, producer, author, appeared in film, 'Boogie Nights' and Academy Award-nominated 'Hotel Rwanda' 1964 Birthday Sherry Arnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jan, 1986 1964 Birthday Sherry J. Traylor, Missouri, Miss Missouri-America 1991 1964 Birthday Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Walt Disney 1964 Birthday Krista Tesreau, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings 1964 Birthday Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer 1984 Olympics silver 1963 Birthday Ken Ftach, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star 1963 Birthday David Cone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, baseball pitcher, New York Mets/Tor Blue Jays/New York Yankees 1962 Birthday Craig Kilborn, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, actor, original host of 'The Daily Show', anchor for ESPN's 'Sports Center', host 'The Late Late Show' 1962 Birthday Monique Gabrielle, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Flashdance, Night Shift 1962 Birthday Brandel Eugene Chamblee, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 Honda-3rd 1962 Birthday Connie Price-Smith, born in St. Charles, Missouri, discus thrower, 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Mike Henneman, St. Charles, Missouri, pitcher for the Texas Rangers 1961 Birthday Chris Pitman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, singer, record producer, audio programmer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Guns N' Roses, performed with ZAUM, Tool, Lusk 1961 Death Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79 1961 Event KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, Missouri (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Birthday Janet Jones, Bridgeton, Missouri, actress, American Anthem, Flamingo Kid 1960 Birthday James Patrick Delsing, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 New England-2nd 1960 Birthday Ola Ray, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jun, 1980, actress, Thriller 1960 Birthday Ray Armsetad, Kirksville, Missouri, 4X400 runner 1984 Olympics gold 1959 Birthday Heather Drew, born in St. Louis, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1987 Henredon Classic-5th 1959 Birthday Tom Pernice, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, Nike golfer, 1989 Centel Classic-4th 1959 Birthday Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS-91 1959 Birthday Robin L Freeman, St. Charles, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Northern Telecom-3rd 1959 Birthday Linda Blair, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St 1958 Birthday Hal Haenel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, star yachter, Olympics-8th-1988, 92, 96 1958 Birthday Jim Talent, born in Des Peres, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1993 - 2001, Senator-R-Missouri 2002 - 2007 1958 Birthday J Eddie Peck, Joplin Missouri, actor, Bold and Beautiful-Cole Howard 1958 Birthday Dan McVicar, born in Independence, Missouri, actor, Clarke-Bold and Beautiful 1958 Birthday Ruth Guerri, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, July, 1983 1957 Birthday Jeff East, born in Kansas, Missouri, American actor, best-known for role of Clark Kent in 1978 film "Superman" 1957 Birthday Cathy Reynolds, born in Kansas City, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1981 Golden Lights 1957 Event Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri 1957 Birthday William Payne Stewart, born in Springfield, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1983 Walt Disney 1956 Birthday James Talent, born in Des Peres, Missouri, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Missouri, senior advisor to Mitt Romney's 2008 Presidential campaign 1956 Birthday Julie Montgomery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred 1956 Birthday David Wayne Edwards, born in Neosho, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1980 Walt Disney 1956 Birthday Amy Alcott, born in Kansas City, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore 1954 Birthday Scott Bakula, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown 1954 Birthday Lisa Brown, KC, Missouri, actress, Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns 1954 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record) 1953 Birthday Jay Dean Haas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1978 Andy Williams-San Diego 1953 Event KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, Missouri (CBS) begins 1953 Event KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Linda Lingle, born in St. Louis, Missouri, politician, Republican, 6th Governor of Hawaii, chairman, 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City 1952 Birthday Nicolette Larson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rock vocalist, Twins, Lotta Love 1952 Birthday David Dreier, born in Kansas City, Missouri, Representative-R-California 1981 - 1952 Birthday Linda M. Godwin, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, STS-37, 59, 76 1952 Birthday John Goodman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dan Conner-Roseanne, Babe 1952 Birthday Peter Westbrook, born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. fencer, Olympic-bronze-88, 92, 96 1952 Event Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths 1951 Birthday Sandahl Bergman, Kansas City Missouri, actress, Conan, All that Jazz 1951 Event 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois 1951 Birthday Edie McClurg, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Cinderella-1985, Hogan Family 1951 Birthday Chris Cooper, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan 1951 Birthday Fred Berry, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Rerun-What's Happening 1951 Birthday Rush Limbaugh, born in Girardeau, Missouri, radio personality 1949 Birthday Don Johnson, born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, actor, Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment 1949 Birthday Dee Wallace Stone, Deanna Bowers, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Critters, 10, ET 1949 Event WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Birthday Steve Gaines, Seneca, Missouri, rock vocalist, Lynyrd Skynyrd 1949 Birthday Thomas Sturges Watson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1975 Byron Nelson 1949 Birthday Tom Watson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, golfer, British Open 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83 1949 Birthday [Mary] Kathleen Turner, born in Springfield, Missouri, actress, Romancing The Stone 1949 Birthday Rochelle Firestone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Hellhole 1949 Birthday Leslie Charleson, Kansas City Missouri, actress, Monica-General Hospital 1948 Birthday Dan Hamburg, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-California 1993 - 1995 1948 Birthday Dianne Wiest, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Hannah and Her Sisters, Footloose 1948 Birthday T-Bone Burnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, musician, songwriter, produced artists including BoDeans, Counting Crows, music for films 1947 Birthday James Pankow, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rocker, Chicago 1947 Birthday Betty Thomas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues 1947 Birthday Ann Peebles, born in Missouri, singer, I Can't Stand the Rain 1947 Birthday Janis Schmitt, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, February 1978 1947 Event KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St. Louis, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Birthday Todd Susman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Goodnight Beantown 1946 Birthday Bob Dotson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, newscaster, Primetime Sunday 1946 Birthday Marilyn Vos Savant, born in St. Louis, Missouri, writer/world's highest IQ, 228 1946 Event Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri 1945 Birthday Lee Dorman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock bassist, Iron Butterfly 1945 Event V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) 1945 Event Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II 1945 Birthday Hale S. Irwin, Joplin, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1974 U.S. Open 1945 Birthday Judy Rankin, born in St. Louis, Missouri, LPGA golfer, Vare Trophy 1976-77 1945 Birthday Michael Nader, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty 1944 Birthday Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist 1944 Birthday David Rasche, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Sledge Hammer 1944 Birthday Bruce Summerhays, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, Provo Open-1966, 91 93 1944 Birthday Barbara Moore, Wardell, Missouri, actress, Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE 1943 Death Thomas W. "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist, dies at 39 in Kansas City Missouri 1943 Birthday Faye Wattleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, sociologist/president, Planned Parenthood 1943 Birthday Earl Thomas Coleman, born in Gladstone, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri, 1976 - 1993 1943 Birthday Joy Harmon, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Cool Hand Luke 1943 Birthday Mary Frann, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live 1942 Birthday Shere Hite, St. Joseph Missouri, sex therapist, Hite Report 1942 Birthday Marsha Mason, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty 1942 Birthday Tammy Faye Bakker, born in Missouri, Christian, singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, television personality 1941 Birthday Helen Cornelius, Hannibal, Missouri, country singer, Nashville on the Road 1941 Birthday Lori Saunders, born in Kansas City, Missouri, Petticoat Junction, Dusty Trails 1941 Birthday Dick Gephardt, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 2005 1940 Birthday Fontella Bass, born in St. Louis, Missouri, vocalist, Rescue Me 1940 Birthday Billy Davis, Jr., born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, 5th Dimension-One Less Bell 1940 Birthday Jimmy Boyd, McComb, Missouri, singer and actor, Howard-Bachelor Father 1939 Birthday Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history 1939 Birthday Thomas McGuane, U.S., writer, Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks 1939 Birthday Lamonte McLemore, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock vocalist, 5th Dimension 1939 Event 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St. Louis, Missouri 1939 Birthday Marion Marlowe, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Arthur Godfrey and Friends 1939 Birthday Christopher Bond, Sen-R Missouri 1938 Birthday Maxine Waters, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-California 1991 - 1938 Birthday Nathaniel Taylor, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Rollo-Sanford and Sons 1938 Birthday Bill Emerson, born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1981 - 1996 1937 Birthday Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1936 Birthday John Danforth, born in Missouri, Senator-R-Missouri 1977 - 1995 1936 Event WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air 1936 Event 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St. Louis, Missouri 1935 Birthday Malcolm Frager, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist 1934 Birthday John Ashley, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Clipper-Straightaway 1934 Event WOQ-AM in Kansas City Missouri goes off the air 1934 Birthday James Franciscus, Clayton, Missouri, actor, Mr Novak, Longstreet, Hunter 1933 Birthday Kathleen Nolan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside 1933 Birthday Bert Convy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw 1933 Birthday Bert Convy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, game show host, Win, Lose or Draw 1933 Birthday Ron Townson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock vocalist, 5th Dimension-Up Up and Away 1932 Birthday William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0 1932 Birthday Lincoln Kilpatrick, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, BJ-Leslie Uggams Show 1932 Birthday Robert Mandan, Clever, Missouri, actor, Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd 1932 Event Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri 1931 Birthday Cardiss Collins, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Illinois 1973 - 1997 1931 Birthday Bill Clay, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1969 - 2001 1931 Birthday Harold Volkmer, born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1997 1930 Birthday Doris Roberts, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983 1930 Birthday Earl Weaver, born in St. Louis, Missouri, manager, Baltimore Orioles 1968-82, 85-86 1930 Birthday Steve McQueen, born in Slater, Missouri, actor, Wanted, Dead or Alive, Blob, Bullitt 1929 Birthday Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orchestra 1929 Birthday Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork, Missouri, country singer, Walk on By 1929 Birthday Moses Gunn, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft 1929 Birthday Mel Hancock, born in Cape Fair, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1989 - 1997 1929 Birthday Thomas Eagleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Senator-D-Missouri 1968 - 1986 and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1972 1929 Birthday Burt Bacharach, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer, I'll Never Fall in Love Again 1928 Birthday Chic Hecht, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Senator-R-Nevada 1983 - 1989 1927 Birthday Robert Guillaume, Williams, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Benson, Soap 1927 Event Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die 1926 Birthday Joe Garagiola, born in St. Louis, Missouri, sportscaster/host, Today Show 1925 Birthday Dick Van Dyke, born in West Plains, Missouri, actor, Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show 1925 Birthday Doris J Hart, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis player, Wimbledon 1951 1925 Birthday Robert Altman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, director, Nashville, M*A*S*H 1924 Birthday Geraldine Page, Kirksville, Missouri, actress, Interiors, Beguiled 1924 Birthday Dennis Weaver, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered 1924 Birthday Sarah Caldwell, born in Maryville, Missouri, conductor/opera director, Flagstaff 1924 Birthday Margaret Truman, born in Missouri, singer, writer, only daughter of President Harry and Bess Truman 1923 Birthday Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist, Council of Economic Advisers 1923 Birthday Allan Melvin, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family 1922 Birthday Redd Foxx, born in St. Louis, Missouri, comedian, Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show 1922 Birthday Shelley Winters, Schrift, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Poseidon Adventure 1922 Event WHB-AM in Kansas City Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 Event WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 Event KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1920 Birthday Virginia Mayo, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Out of the Blue, White Heat 1919 Birthday Rusty Gill, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Polka Time 1919 Birthday Betty Garrett, St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Irene-All in the Family 1919 Birthday Luther Henderson, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, orchestra leader, Polly Bergen Show 1918 Birthday Craig Stevens, born in Liberty, Missouri, actor, Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn 1918 Birthday Helen Stephens, Fulton, Missouri, 100m runner 1936 Olympics gold 1917 Birthday Henderson Forsythe, Macon, Missouri, actor, Crisis at Central High 1917 Birthday M Marie Widlow, born in St. Louis, Missouri, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1957 1917 Birthday Dabbs Greer, born in Fairview, Missouri, actor, Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie 1917 Birthday Jane Wyman, born in Missouri, actress, film, television, Academy Award-winner, first wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan 1916 Birthday Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph, Missouri, news anchor, CBS Evening News 1962-81 1916 Birthday Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York 1916 Birthday Ben Weber, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, Thorne Music Award-1965 1916 Birthday Ruth Warwick, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Citizen Kane, All My Children 1915 Birthday Ellen Drew, Terry Ray, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Isle of Dead 1915 Birthday William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1915 Birthday Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orchestral leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie 1915 Birthday Jim Davis, born in Edgerton, Missouri, actor, Jack Ewing-Dallas 1914 Birthday Johnny Johnston, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Make that Spare 1914 Birthday Martha Scott, born in Jamesport, Missouri, actress, Dallas, Bionic Woman, Our Town 1914 Birthday Jacob B. Bakema, urban developer, St. Louis Missouri 1913 Birthday Barney Phillips, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dragnet, Felony Squad 1913 Birthday Roy Engle, Missouri, actor, Police Chief-My Favorite Martian 1913 Birthday Marvin Miller, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Space Patrol, Millionaire 1912 Birthday Glen Morris, born in Missouri, Olympic champion/actor, Tarzan 1912 Birthday Don Gillis, born in Cameron, Missouri, composer, Symphony #5 1912 Birthday Mary Wickes, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc 1911 Birthday Ginger Rogers, Independence, Missouri, dancer, Gay Divorcee 1911 Event U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri closes 1911 Birthday Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura 1911 Event 1st U.S. federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri 1910 Birthday Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour 1909 Birthday John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D 1908 Birthday Frank Sully, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief 1908 Birthday Robert Cummings, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder 1907 Birthday Jane Froman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Jane Froman's USA Canteen 1907 Birthday Benny Baker, St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, 18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds 1907 Birthday Mary Treen, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Emily-Willy 1907 Birthday Frank Wilcox, born in DeSoto, Missouri, actor, John-Beverly Hillbillies 1906 Birthday John Huston, born in Nevada, Missouri, director and writer, African Queen, Chinatown 1905 Birthday Frank Faylen, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis 1905 Birthday Wild Bill Elliott, Pattonsburg, Missouri, actor, Beyond the Sacramento 1905 Birthday Isadore I Friz Freleng, born in Kansas City, Missouri, animator, Warner Bros cartoons 1905 Birthday J. William Fulbright, born in Sumner, Missouri, Senator-D-Arkansas 1945 - 1974 1905 Birthday Marlin Perkins, born in Carthage, Missouri, TV host, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom 1905 Event -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) 1905 Birthday Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater 1905 Birthday David Newell, Missouri, actor, Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves 1904 Birthday Laura Laplante, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Cat and Canary 1904 Birthday Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 1904 Birthday Henry Payne Iba, Easton, Missouri, U.S. basketball coach, Olympics gold 64, 68 1904 Birthday Sally Rand, Hickory County, Missouri, stripper, fan dance 1903 Birthday Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award 1903 Birthday Wilton Graff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn 1903 Birthday Carl Hubbell, born in Carthage, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Giants-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA 1903 Birthday Frank McGrath, Mound City, Missouri, actor, Wagon Train 1903 Birthday Stanley Smith, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts 1902 Birthday Edgar Buchanan, born in Humansville, Missouri, actor, Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction 1901 Birthday Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic 1900 Birthday Gladys Swarthout, Deepwater Missouri, mezzo-soprano, La Gioconda 1900 Birthday Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball and football Hall of Famer 1899 Birthday Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City 1899 Birthday Helen Traubel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soprano, Sieglinde in Walkure, Nightclubs 1899 Birthday Ace Goodman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, Easy Aces 1898 Birthday Johnny Lee, Missouri, actor, Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy 1898 Birthday Cy Kendall, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Mysteries of Chinatown 1897 Birthday Jules Buffano, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist, Jimmy Durante Show 1897 Birthday Morris Carnovsky, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dead Reckoning 1896 Birthday Rex Maupin, St. Joseph, Missouri, orchestra leader, Tin Pan Alley TV 1896 Birthday Virgil Thomson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer/music critic, 4 Saints in 3 Acts 1895 Birthday Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, 54th Street Revue 1895 Birthday Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, When You Wish Upon a Star 1893 Birthday Ann O'Neal, Missouri, actress, Nana-Professional Father 1893 Birthday Irving Bacon, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, Branded Men, Fort Ti 1891 Birthday Wallace Reid, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor/dir/screenwriter, Every Inch a Man 1890 Birthday Alice Joyce, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Song O' My Heart 1889 Birthday Ernest Truex, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Pop-Pete and Gladys, Mr. Peepers 1889 Birthday Thomas Hart Benton, born in Missouri, painter/muralist, Lonesome Road 1886 Birthday Wallace Beery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8 1884 Birthday Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd U.S. President, D, 1945-1953 1883 Birthday Ethel Clayton, Missouri, actress, Hotel Continental 1882 Birthday Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer, Citation, Whirlaway 1882 Death Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford 1881 Event U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri opens 1881 Event U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri authorized 1879 Birthday King Baggot I, born in St. Louis, Missouri, director, Tumbleweeds 1879 Birthday Jane Darwell, Patti Woodward, Palmyra, Missouri, actress, Huckleberry Finn 1879 Event James Shields (D) elected U.S. senator from Missouri after previously serving as U.S. senator from Illinois and Minnesota 1877 Birthday Stanner E V Taylor, born in St. Louis, Missouri, director and writer, Lucky Jim, Ramona 1875 Event Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri 1874 Event Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy 1874 Birthday Sidney Toler, Warrensburg, Missouri, actor, Madame X, Meeting at Midnight 1874 Event Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri 1869 Birthday Clark Griffith, Missouri, baseball player/manager, New York Yankees 1868 Event Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin, Missouri, kills 1 1867 Event Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken) 1867 Event Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead 1866 Event Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000) 1866 Event Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) 1865 Event Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri 1865 Event Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri 1864 Event Battle of Westport, Missouri 1864 Event Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri 1864 Event Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured 1864 Event Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas 1864 Death Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies 1861 Event Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army 1861 Event Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri 1861 Event Battle of Carthage, Missouri - U.S. General Sigel attacks pro-secessionist 1861 Event Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state 1861 Event Union troops march on state militia in St. Louis, Missouri 1860 Event 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri 1860 Event Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California 1854 Event John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels 1849 Event Fire destroy Centrum in St. Louis Missouri 1847 Birthday Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman 1843 Event 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon 1841 Event 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for California 1841 Event Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri 1830 Event 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri 1821 Event Missouri admitted as 24th U.S. state 1820 Event Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50 1820 Death Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85 1820 Event Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri 1812 Event Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory" 1812 Event 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri 1812 Event 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri 1811 Event 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri 1811 Event Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri 1811 Event Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards
