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1980 - Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis established. 1981 – Gwen B. Giles is the first woman and first African-American appointed to lead the St. Louis City Assessor's Office. [62] 1982 - Cardinals win World Series, defeating Milwaukee Brewers in seven games; 1986 Express Scripts and Galleria Cinema [54] in business.
The Griot Museum of Black History: St. Louis Place: African-American: Life-size wax figures, art, artifacts and memorabilia to interpret the stories of important African Americans with a regional connection; formerly the Black World History Museum HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: Forest Park: Children's: website: Inside the Economy Museum ...
The Koussevitzky Music Foundation is established to "support the production (of American classical music) through its commissioning program". [85] The American Federation of Musicians institutes a "300-mile jump limit", in response to gas rationing, forbidding performers from traveling more than 300 miles between performance sites. [433]
Timeline of music in the United States; To 1819; 1820–1849; 1850–1879; 1880–1919; 1920–1949; 1950–1969; 1970–present; Music history of the United States; Colonial era – to the Civil War – During the Civil War – Late 19th century – 1900–1940 – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s
Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1944 American Christmas musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with Summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the Smith family in St. Louis leading up to the opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (most commonly referred to as the World's Fair) in the spring of 1904.
Tech N9ne from Kansas City helped popularize the chopper rap style in the late 1990s and co-founded the Strange Music label. Nelly from St. Louis had four #1 Billboard Hot 100 hits in the early 2000s, including "Hot in Herre" in 2002, and one with Murphy Lee. Metro Boomin from St. Louis has multiple #1 Billboard Hot 100 hits due to his production.
St. Louis is home to the Fox Theatre, located in Grand Center, which presents Broadway shows and concert or speaking events. Other theaters include The Muny, a summer musical theatre located in Forest Park and founded in 1919; the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the city's major regional theatre, founded in 1966; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, an annual summer opera festival co-founded by ...
1831 – (October); the first UK outbreak of cholera occurred in Sunderland – 200 people died. [4] 1832 – Sunderland became a parliamentary borough under the Reform Act, returning two members of Parliament. [1] 1835 – St Mary's Church, Sunderland completed. 1835/6 – Establishment of the modern Borough Council, with the first modern Mayor