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Amazon unveils Amazon Echo, a wireless speaker and voice command device that can take commands and queries, and be used to add items to the Amazon.com shopping cart, among other things. [134] [135] The Alexa Voice Service that is built into Amazon Echo can also be added to other Amazon devices. [136] 2014: November: Legal
The history of St. Louis, Missouri from 1763 to 1803 was marked by the transfer of French Louisiana to Spanish control, the founding of the city of St. Louis, its slow growth and role in the American Revolution under the rule of the Spanish, the transfer of the area to American control in the Louisiana Purchase, and its steady growth and prominence since then.
The first St. Louis city charter was approved by the legislature on December 9, 1822, which was subject to city voters approval (which then passed by a margin of 107 to 90). [16] The first mayor of the city was a recently arrived American physician, William Carr Lane , who defeated city founder Auguste Chouteau by a vote of 122–70 in April ...
In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his garage in Seattle. On Jan. 12, he celebrated his 57th birthday as one of the richest people in the world with a personal fortune estimated at more than ...
The military post far north of the city at Fort Bellefontaine moved nearer to the city to Jefferson Barracks in 1827, and the St. Louis Arsenal was built in south St. Louis the same year. [71] [72] The 1830s included dramatic population growth: by 1830, it had increased to 5,832 from roughly 4,500 in 1820. By 1835, it reached 8,316, doubled by ...
Shaare Zedek Synagogue founded. 1906 Racquet Club of St. Louis founded. Statue of Louis IX of France unveiled in Forest Park. 1908 Aero Club of St. Louis incorporated. [43] Aeronautic Supply Company in business. [43] St. Louis Coliseum re-built. [2] Fairground Park established. [30] 1909 – October: City centennial. 1910 – Population ...
The St. Louis Zoo-Museum district collects property taxes from residents of both St. Louis City and County, and the funds are used to support cultural institutions including the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Art Museum and the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Similarly, the Metropolitan Sewer District provides sanitary and storm sewer service to the city ...
First African Baptist Church, now named First Baptist Church City of St. Louis John Berry Meachum (May 3, 1789 – February 26, 1854) was an American pastor , businessman, educator and founder of the First African Baptist Church in St. Louis , the oldest black church west of the Mississippi River .