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The Exposition and Music Hall, at 13th and Olive streets, was the site of the Democratic national convention June 5-7, 1888. It was the second Democratic national convention held in St. Louis. The block-square building had been completed four years earlier. The party renominated President Grover Cleveland without bothering with a formal vote. Cleveland won the popular vote but lost in the Electoral College to Republican Benjamin Harrison. Democrats nominated Cleveland again in 1892, and he won the rematch against President Harrison, making Cleveland the only American president two serve two non-consecutive terms. (Missouri History Museum)
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An F4 tornado tore through St. Louis and East St. Louis on May 27, 1896 — 115 years ago today. This scene at the southwest corner of Seventh and Rutger streets (left foreground) was the deadliest spot along the tornado’s 10-mile path, which was roughly along today’s Interstate 44 and across the Mississippi River. Seventeen people were killed when a three-story tenement building collapsed. Frederick Mauchenheimer, who ran a tavern on the ground floor, was playing cards with two patrons when the storm hit; they were among the dead. Across the street, another six died. In all, 225 people were killed in the Great Cyclone; it is still Missouri’s deadliest tornado. (Missouri History Museum)
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