1. In 1837, the City of St. Louis was incorporated as a city after being a town for several years.
2. In 1895, the first automobile was seen on the streets of Kansas City, Missouri.
3. In 1950, President Harry Truman signed a bill granting 100 acres of land to the University of Missouri for the establishment of a new campus in the city of Rolla.
4. In 1984, the Kansas City Royals retired the number 5 jersey worn by George Brett, who had just collected his 3,000th hit.
5. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev met in Moscow for a disarmament summit, which was significant for the University of Missouri as it had been predicated with a grant from the school's center for international studies.
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