July 10 1839 Adolphus Busch was born in Mayence-on-the-Rhine, Germany. He came to St. Louis in 1857 and became a brewing supply salesman. He married Lilly Anheuser in 1861. Lilly’s father was of Eberhard Anheuser, who ran the small Bavarian Brewery. Adolphus obtained a controlling interest in the brewery in 1865. He took advantage of new technologies refrigeration and pasteurization to market his beer. Adolphus introduced Budweiser in 1876. 1904 In response to complaints from citizens about the automobile menace, the St. Louis Police Department became one of the first in the nation to use automobiles to go after the scorchers, as speeders were known at the time. The car was a high speed St. Louis Model made by George Preston Dorris and John Frenchs St. Louis Motor Car Co on Laclede. The first actual vehicle named Dorris came out in 1906. (St. Louis Police Department photo) 1941 Dizzy Dean made his broadcasting debut, calling a game between the Browns and the Yankees on KWK. Dean had signed a $25,000 contract with Falstaff to broadcast home games of both the Cardinals and the Browns. Dean soon captured 82 percent of the Cardinals radio audience, competing against simultaneous broadcasts on KMOX. 1943 Arthur Ashe was born in Richmond, Virginia. St. Louis tennis coach Richard Hudlin invited him to St. Louis, and Ashe attended Sumner High while working on his game. Ashe won the U.S. Open in 1968. His greatest year was 1975, when he won the Wimbledon and World Singles titles. Ashe died of AIDS he contracted during a blood transfusion in 1994. 1970 KTVI TV fired Charlotte Peters. Her show had been on Channel Two since October 1964. She appeared on KSD from 1956 until 1964. On her final show, she urged viewers to write the mayor and the Board of Aldermen to prevent the Yippies from holding their Festival of Life in Forest Park. 1994 The final hockey game was played at the Arena. It was a match between the north and the south in the gold medal game at the U.S. Olympic Festival. South defenseman Ashlin Halfnight scored the last goal in the Arena, an overtime goal at 5:52 p.m.
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