Missouri entered the United States Union and became the 24th state.
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Fingerprinting was first officially used in the US in a St. Louis police department.
Robert Ford killed American outlaw Jesse James in St Joseph, Missouri.
The first-ever western shootdown happened in Market Square, Springfield, Missouri, US.
Jesse James and the famous James-Younger Gang robbed the Missouri Pacific Railroad near Otterville, Missouri, US.
Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its 'Roundup' weed killer.
