October 28 1904 The St. Louis Police Department officially adopted the fingerprint method of identification, the first city in the U.S. to do so. Scotland Yard detective L. Ferrier introduced the method at the World’s Fair. City Police had been using fingerprints in conjunction with the Bertillion System of identification measurements for the past three months. 1958 Ground was broken for the new studios of KMOX, at the corner of Hampton and Wise. The building was the first new radio-only facility built by CBS in 20 years. (The building is still there. 1962 The City Council of University City became the first in the area to ban discrimination in city hiring based on race, creed, national origin or religion. The ordinance also prevented the city from doing business with any firm that was found guilty of discrimination. 1965 At 9:26 am, U.S. Representative Leonor Sullivan gave the sign, and hoisting engineer William Quigley operated the crane that lifted the final section of the Gateway Arch into place. Mrs. Aline Saarinen was on hand. The widow of Arch designer Eero Saarinen was the art critic for the Today Show and a commentator for NBC News. Other speakers included Mayor Alfonso Cervantes, Under Secretary of the Interior John Carver Junior and LeRoy Brown of the National Park Service. The St. Louis Fire Department also played a big role. Three pumpers were used to cool down the south leg, when it expanded due to the heat and threatened placement of the last section. 1968 Bob Gibson of the Cardinals was named the National League Cy Young Award winner. The unanimous choice for the top pitchers award had won 22 games and set an ERA mark of 1.12. 2005 Legendary sports writer Bob Broeg died at the age of 87. Broeg wrote for the Post-Dispatch from 1945 to 2004 and gave Stan Musial the nickname The Man” after he overheard some Brooklyn fans mutter “Here comes that man again” as Stan came up to bat. He also did commentaries for many years on KMOX, showcasing an encyclopedic knowledge of baseball, and his idol Frankie Frisch. 2011 David Murphy flied out to Allen Craig for the final out as the Cardinals won their 11th World Series title with a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers in Game Seven at Busch Stadium. David Freese became the sixth player in major league history to win MVP honors in both the League Championship series and the World Series in the same season.
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