2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder flies to Ferguson, MO to inform residents that the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown will be investigated by the federal government; a separate county-appointed grand jury has already begun reviewing the case 2014 Event Residents of Ferguson, MO call for FBI investigation of the shooting death of a teenager by a police officer; the reason for the confrontation has not been disclosed 2012 Event The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, famous for the hallucinatory realism writing style 1998 Death Mo Udall, born in St. Johns, Arizona, Representative-D-Arizona 1961 - 1991, died of Parkinson disease 1997 Death Eric Schneider, murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35 1992 Death Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95 1991 Event Mo Udall, Representative-D-Arizona, resigns due to Parkinson disease 1990 Death Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36 1984 Event KWK-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD 1984 Event KSD-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA 1983 Event Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1982 Death Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97 1979 Event "One Mo' Time" with Vernel Bagners premieres in New York City 1971 Event KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast 1971 Event 19th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 18 -13 at Old Warson CC Mo 1969 Birthday Mo Lewis, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets 1969 Death Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34 1969 Event KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1969 Birthday Mo Rocca, American Writer 1968 Event KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast 1967 Birthday Mo Vaughn, Norwalk Conn, infielder, Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995 1967 Event KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event U.S. naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam 1959 Event KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Birthday Spike Lee, born in Atlanta, director, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X 1957 Event Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72 1955 Event KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KFVS TV channel 12 in Cape Girardeau, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Event 65th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64) 1947 Event 47th U.S. Golf Open: Lew Worsham shoots a 282 at St. Louis CC in MO 1945 Event 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office 1943 Birthday Maceo Parker, U.S. tenor saxophonist, King's One, Mo' Roots 1934 Birthday Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, California, tennis, 1st woman grand slam, 1953 1924 Birthday Geraldine Page, Kirksville Mo, Interiors, Trip to Bountiful 1922 Birthday Mo Udall, born in St. Johns, Arizona, Representative-D-Arizona 1961 - 1991 1917 Event Riots in East St. Louis Mo 1892 Event Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis Mo 1878 Event An improved corncob pipe patents by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo 1864 Event Battle of Westport, MO (Kansas City) 1862 Event Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo 1861 Event Battle of Belmont, MO 1861 Event Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-General Lyon killed 1846 Event Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west
