{"slug": "st-louis-missouri", "label": "St. Louis, Missouri", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis%2C_Missouri", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1806, 1969], "span_label": ["1806 CE", "1969 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-america", "label": "North America", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "world-s-fair", "label": "World's fair", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 15", "text": "July 15 – Pike Expedition: Near St. Louis, Missouri, United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike leads an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine, to explore the American West.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#July–September", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches St. Louis, Missouri, ending a successful exploration of the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest. Their arrival comes \"much to the amazement of residents, who had given the travelers up for dead\" according to one historian.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#July–September", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1820, "year_label": "1820 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – Delegates in St. Louis in the Missouri Territory approve a proposed state constitution, proclaiming that they \"do mutually agree to form and establish a free and independent republic, by the name of 'The State of Missouri'.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795492#April–June", "title": "1820", "revid": 1368795492, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Rocky Mountain Fur Company (Ashley's Hundred) leave from St. Louis, Missouri, setting off a major increase in fur trade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367154222#Date_unknown", "title": "1822", "revid": 1367154222, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1896, "year_label": "1896 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The costliest and third deadliest tornado in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, incurring US$2.9 billion (1997 USD) in normalized damages, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364785538#May", "title": "1896", "revid": 1364785538, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1904, "year_label": "1904 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373337754#April", "title": "1904", "revid": 1373337754, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1904, "year_label": "1904 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – The third Modern Olympic Games open in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, as part of the World's Fair.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373337754#July", "title": "1904", "revid": 1373337754, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – An American teenager known as 'Robert R.' dies in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, of a baffling medical condition. In 1984 it will be identified as the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#May", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › May"}}]}