[3] December 31, 1900: Fifteen thousand of Kansas City's elite brave the cold to usher in the new century at Convention Hall.
[3] December 31, 1900: Fifteen thousand of Kansas City's elite brave the cold to usher in the new century at Convention Hall.
[5] December 25, 1925: A single strand of Christmas lights hangs on the Country Club Plaza’s first building, beginning a Kansas City tradition that continues today.
[7] December 16, 1936: One thousand members of the United Auto Workers conduct a sit-down strike at the Fisher Body plant in Kansas City, giving early momentum to what will become known as the General Motors Strike of 1936-1937.
[9] December 16, 1931: Nell Donnelly, a Kansas City dress manufacturer, and her chauffeur, George Blair, are kidnapped and held hostage in a cottage near Bonner Springs, Kansas, only to be released two days later without paying ransom.
[11] December 7, 1940: The Army Air Corps announces that a bomber plant, which will employ 26,000 and produce most of the B-25 medium bombers used in World War II, will be built in the Fairfax district of Kansas City, Kansas.
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[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/This+Week+in+Kansas+City+History/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/ringing-new
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/ringing-new#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/let-there-be-lights
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/3461#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/striking-chord
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/striking-chord#comments
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/strange-bedfellows
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/strange-bedfellows#comments
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/flying-high
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/3424#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=3
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=1
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=2
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=5
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=6
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=7
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=8
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16