1. In 1871, Jesse James and his gang robbed their first train in Gallatin, Missouri. The robbery netted the gang nearly $2,000 in cash and started a series of train robberies that would make James infamous.

2. In 1956, the St. Louis Cardinals won game 7 of the World Series against the New York Yankees. This victory marked the team's first championship since moving to St. Louis in 1900 and cemented Stan Musial's status as one of the greatest players in baseball history.

3. In 1967, the worst military disaster of the Vietnam War occurred when a US Army cargo plane carrying 58 men crashed in the Mekong Delta. All 58 men were killed, including 46 Army soldiers and 12 crew members.

4. In 1985, a tornado outbreak occurred across parts of Missouri, leaving 13 dead and over 200 injured. One of the tornadoes, which touched down in the town of Sarcoxie, caused significant damage to buildings and homes.

5. In 2014, the Ferguson protests began in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. The protests and subsequent civil unrest continued for several months and brought national attention to issues of police brutality and racial inequality.