[3] July 12, 1963: Stanley H. Durwood, chief executive of Durwood Theaters (later American Multi-Cinema and then AMC Entertainment), builds the country's first multiplex movie theater in the Ward Parkway shopping center.
[3] July 12, 1963: Stanley H. Durwood, chief executive of Durwood Theaters (later American Multi-Cinema and then AMC Entertainment), builds the country's first multiplex movie theater in the Ward Parkway shopping center.
[5] July 3, 1869: Forty thousand people gather along the banks of the Missouri to celebrate the opening of the quarter mile long Hannibal Bridge, designed by Octave Chanute, which makes Kansas City a commercial hub for the railroads that are rapidly expanding to the west.
[7] June 26, 1804: Lewis and Clark arrive in the area that will become Kansas City and camp for three days on their expedition to explore the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.
[9] June 25, 1951: Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre kicks off its first season with a performance of The Desert Song.
[11] June 17, 1933: The parking lot of Union Station [12] is riddled with bullets as friends of bank robber Frank Nash [13] attempt to free him from federal custody, killing five people, including Nash.
Links:
[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/multiplex-born
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/10168#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/bridge-future
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/bridge-future#comments
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/strangers-strange-land
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/10019#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/starry-starry-nights
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/5885#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/mess-massacre
[12] http://localhistory.kclibrary.org/u?/Montgomery,1868
[13] http://localhistory.kclibrary.org/u?/Montgomery,280
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/5844#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=8
[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=10
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=11
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=12
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=13
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16