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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest and among the most prominent cemeteries in New Orleans.It was opened in 1789, replacing the city's older St. Peter Cemetery (French: Cimetière St. Peter; no longer in existence) as the main burial ground when the city was redesigned after a fire in 1788.
The St. Louis Cardinals are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri. They play in the National League Central division. Since the institution of MLB's Rule 4 Draft, the Cardinals have selected 77 players in the first round.
Ozzie Smith's number 1 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1996. As Smith made his final tour of the National League, he was honored by many teams, and received a standing ovation at the 1996 All-Star Game in Philadelphia. [25] Between June 19 and September 1, Smith's batting average increased from .239 to .286. [101]
It includes all of St. Louis City and much of northern St. Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, University City, Ferguson and Florissant. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+27, it is the most Democratic district in Missouri. [2] Roughly half of the district's population is African American.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is one of two federal reserve banks in Missouri. [100] St. Louis is a center of medicine and biotechnology. [101] The Washington University School of Medicine is affiliated with Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the fifth largest hospital in the world. Both institutions operate the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. [102]
The Blues selected Alex Pietrangelo 4th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.. This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues franchise.
Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals have played their home games at Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. One of the nation's oldest and most successful professional baseball clubs, the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships, the most of any NL team and second in MLB only to the New York Yankees.
The Gashouse Gang was the nickname of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team that dominated the National League from the late 1920s to the early 1930s. [1] Owing to their success that started in 1926, the Cardinals would win a total of five National League pennants from 1926 to 1934 (nine seasons) while winning three World Series championships (1926, 1931, 1934).