Historical place archive

St Louis in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at St Louis in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels4 people1923–2008

Historical events in St Louis

1923

1923
Compton Electron Recoil
Arthur Holly Compton · Physics

Shows that X-rays scattered by electrons lose energy and momentum as expected from photon-electron collisions.

1953

2 September 1953
Victory-Liston
Don Smith · Boxing

Liston makes his professional debut knocking out Don Smith in the first round in St. Louis

2 September 1953
Victory-Liston
Sonny Liston · Boxing

Liston makes his professional debut knocking out Don Smith in the first round in St. Louis

2008

2 October 2008
Vice Presidential Debate
Joseph Robinette Biden · Democratic Party

Debates Sarah Palin during the campaign.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and St Louis. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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