October 19 1907 The Grants Cabin Association announced that August A. Busch had agreed to place Grants Cabin in a park he had created on the farm. The cabin was currently residing in Forest Park. It had been moved there from its original site on the Dent estate as an exhibit for the worlds fair. 1931 Union Electric announced that the new dam at Bagnell, Missouri was completely functional. The dam would produce about 440 million kilowatt-hours of power each year. It created a lake 129 miles long, with 1,300 miles of shoreline and one Party Cove. 1942 Branch Rickey resigned as president of the Cardinals. Rickey had clashed with owner Sam Breadon, insisting that no beer company should be allowed to sponsor the Cards radio broadcasts. He invented the “farm system” that made the Cardinals a powerhouse. Rickey would go on to become president of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1947, he signed Jackie Robinson and broke baseball’s color barrier. 1983 The Sverdrup Corporation announced plans for a 370-acre retail and office and industrial center south of Interstate 70 at Earth City. The plans called for the total investment at Riverport to approach $500 million in the next ten years. 1990 The motion picture White Palace opened nationally. James Spader plays a widowed 27-year-old yuppie. He falls for a 43-year-old waitress at a hamburger joint, played by Susan Sarandon. The film features many St. Louis locations, including the “White Palace” at 18th and Olive, Dogtown, Duff’s Restaurant, the Hi-Pointe Cinema and the Arch grounds. It also featured Jason Alexander, Cathy Bates and Eileen Brennan. 2005 At 10:22 p.m., Yadier Molina flied out to Astros right fielder Jason Lane, giving Houston the National League championship and bringing down the curtain at Busch Stadium II. Demolition of the old ballpark began on November 7, 2005. The stadium was knocked down slowly as opposed to being imploded, to avoid damaging the nearby Metro Link line. 2006 Yadier Molina’s two-run home run in the 9th inning gave the Cardinals the National League Pennant. The Cardinals won a nail biting Game Seven over the Mets by a score of 3-1. Rookie Adam Wainwright loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning before striking out Carlos Beltran on three straight to win it.
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