Timeline of Kansas City, Missouri

The following is a timeline of the history of Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

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• 1821
  • François Chouteau set up a permanent trading post.
  • Missouri became the 24th state admitted to the Union.
• 1826 - Jackson County created.
• 1833 - John Calvin McCoy founded West Port.
• 1834 - Westport Landing established on the Missouri River.^[1]
• 1839 - Settlement named Town of Kansas^[2] after the local Kaw People.
• 1840 - City Market established.^[2]
• 1846 - Population: 700.^[3]
• 1849 - Cholera pandemic of 1849 killed half the settlers of the towns of Kansas and Westport.
• 1850
  • June 3: Town of Kansas formally organized municipality in Jackson County.^[4]
  • Kelly's Westport Inn built.
• 1853
  • March 28: City of Kansas incorporated by Missouri.^[4]
  • William S. Gregory elected as first mayor.
• 1854
  • First city council president, Johnston Lykins, became second mayor.
  • Kansas City Journal-Post newspaper founded by a group of city fathers and businessmen.
  • Bleeding Kansas - violent confrontations 1854-1859.
• 1855 - Harris-Kearney House was built in Westport.
• 1856 - Alexander Majors House built.^[5]
• 1857
  • Chamber of Commerce established.^[3]
  • Union Cemetery founded.^[6]
  • Historic Quality Hill neighborhood developed by Kersey Coates
  • Lykins Mansion built at 12th and Broadway. (The city's first mansion.)^[7]
• 1858
  • John Wornall House built.
  • Fr. Bernard Donnelly hires 300 Irish workers to carve streets out from the bluffs.^[8]
• 1859 - Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company sends first stagecoach to Denver.
• 1860 - Population: 4,418.^[9]
• 1861 - The American Civil War begins.
• 1863
  • Union Women's Prison collapses August 13, killing four women and injuring several more. Pro-Confederate bushwhackers cite this as justification for the Sacking of Lawrence.^[10]
  • General Order No. 11 removes settlers south of Brush Creek.
• 1864 - October 23: Battle of Westport.
• 1865
  • Patrick Shannon becomes mayor.
  • The American Civil War ends.
  • Lincoln College Preparatory Academy founded.
• 1866 - St. Teresa's Academy established.
• 1867
  • March 1: First meeting of the Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education.^[11]
  • Central High School established.
  • The Kansas City Times was founded.
  • Kansas City Fire Department established.
• 1868 - George Muehlebach Brewing Company founded. (Acquired by Schlitz in 1956.)
• 1869 - July 3: Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River opens, first railroad bridge across the river.^[2][12]
• 1870
  • Elijah M. McGee becomes mayor.
  • Coates Opera House built. (Burned down in 1901.)
  • Population: 32,260.^[13]
  • Tivoli Garden,^[14] a 6 acre beer garden at 24th & Main opens. (Closed 1879.)
• 1871
  • Kansas City Bar Library Assoc. formed.^[15]
  • The Kansas City Stockyards established.
• 1872 - Elmwood Cemetery established.
• 1873 - First St. Patrick's Day parade.^[16]
• 1874
  • Kansas City Police Department created.
  • St. Joseph Hospital opened.
• 1875
  • Old St. Patrick Oratory built.^[17]
  • Fetterman Circulating Library.^[18]
  • Gallup Map founded.^[19]
• 1879 - Lawrence F. Rieger Real Estate Broker (Now Kessinger Hunter) opens at 5th and Main.^[20]
• 1880
  • The Kansas City Star newspaper founded by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel E. Morss.
  • City Hospital opened.
  • Population: 55,785.^[9]
• 1882
  • Kansas City Club founded.
  • KCP&L installs electric lights.
  • William Volker founded his home furnishings business.
  • Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City opened.
• 1883 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception built. Golden dome added in 1960.
• 1884
  • Boss James Pendergast begins his political career.
  • The Barstow School founded.
• 1885
  • Kansas City Art Institute founded, later attended by Walt Disney
  • First overhead electric trolleys in the US used here.^[9]
• 1886
  • Bon Ami Company (now Faultless Brands) founded.
  • Hyde Park subdivision begun.
  • German Hospital (Research Medical Center) opens.
  • First Hannibal Bridge severely damaged by a tornado.
• 1887
  • Kansas City Southern Railway founded.
  • J. Rieger & Co. distillery originally founded.
  • Freight House in the Crossroads was built.
  • Original Chouteau Bridge completed.
  • St. Mary's Episcopal Church building built. (Church formed 1857.)
• 1888
  • Forest Hill Cemetery founded.
  • The Savoy Hotel opened.
  • Original 8th Street cable car tunnel opened.^[21]
• 1889
  • Shook, Hardy & Bacon law firm founded.
  • The city of Kansas City formed by merger of Westport and City of Kansas.^[2]
  • Electric streetcars begin replacing cable cars.
  • Kansas City Public Library building opens.^[22]
  • Unity Church founded.
• 1890
  • Benjamin Holmes became mayor.
  • New York Life Insurance Building becomes the city's first skyscraper.
  • Population: 132,716.^[9]
• 1892
  • August Meyer appointed president of the city's first park board.
  • Kansas City's Parks and Boulevard system is designed by George Kessler.
  • First Court House built.^[9]
  • Pencoyd Railroad Bridge built.
• 1893
  • City Hall built.^[9]
  • Kansas City Athletic Club founded.
  • The Progress Club built in Quality Hill as a social club for prominent Jewish gentlemen.^[23][24]
• 1895 - Kansas City School of Law founded.
• 1896
  • Kansas City Country Club founded.
  • Swope Park created.
• 1897
  • City workhouse castle opened, old workhouse abandoned.^[25][26]
  • Westport and Hyde Park annexed.
  • Children's Mercy Hospital founded.^[27]
• 1898 - Burns & McDonnell founded.
• 1899
  • The American Royal began as a cattle show in the Kansas City Stockyards.
  • Dr. Generous Henderson House completed.
  • The Independent, Kansas City's society journal was founded.^[28]

• 1900
  • 1900 Democratic National Convention held. ^[9]
  • Federal Building constructed.^[9]
  • Folly Theater opened.
  • Population: 163,752.^[9]
• 1902
  • Sunshine Biscuits (formerly The Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company) founded.
  • First Orthodox synagogue built.^[29]
  • Imperial Brewing Company Brewery opened on Southwest Boulevard.
• 1903
  • Flood of 1903: Kansas River flooded the West Bottoms.
  • Automobile Club of Kansas City active.
• 1904
  • Penn Valley Park created.
  • Improved 8th Street streetcar tunnel opened. (Closed 1956.)^[30]
  • Mineral Hall residence completed in Hyde Park.
• 1906 - J.C. Nichols begins developing Country Club District neighborhoods.
• 1907
  • Lewis and Clark Viaduct built above the West Bottoms and over the Kaw River.
  • Waddell & Harrington bridge engineering company founded.
  • Electric Park opened at 46th and Paseo.
  • R.A. Long Building completed at 10th and Grand.
  • Westport High School established.
• 1908
  • General Hospital built.^[9][31]
  • Henry Perry "Father of Kansas City barbecue" began business.
• 1909
  • Kansas City Zoo opens in Swope Park
  • Waldo neighborhood annexed.
• 1910
  • Hall Brothers (Hallmark Cards) founded.
  • Corinthian Hall was built by lumber baron Robert A. Long.
  • Rockhurst University founded by Fr. Michael Dowling, S.J.
  • Population: 248,381.^[9]
• 1911
  • Kansas City Star Building built.^[32]
  • Stuart Hall Building built.
  • ASB Bridge completed.
  • Union Pacific Intermodal Bridge over the Kaw River completed.
  • George Washington statue installed at Washington Square.^[33]
• 1912 - Grand Avenue Temple United Methodist Church built.^[34] (Church formed 1865.)
• 1913
  • City Center Bank founded (UMB Financial Corporation).
  • Cook Paint and Varnish Company founded.
• 1914
  • Western Auto Building built.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Paseo YMCA^[35] open.
  • Union Station opens, replacing the Union Depot.^[36]
  • Mack B. Nelson mansion built at 55th and Ward Parkway.
  • Katz Drug Store founded.
• 1915
  • HNTB Corporation founded.
  • Helzberg Diamonds founded.
  • Black & Veatch founded.
  • Kansas City Polytechnic Institute established.^[37]
  • The Hotel Muehlebach opened.
• 1916 - Argentine Carnegie Library built.
• 1917
  • Rockhurst College opens.^[2]
  • Second Hannibal Bridge opens.
• 1918 - William Thornton Kemper Sr. acquires City Center Bank.
• 1919
  • Prohibition of alcohol begins. (1919-1933)
  • Truman and Jacobson's haberdashery opens downtown.^[38]
  • The Call African-American newspaper founded by Chester A. Franklin.
  • Guadalupe Center founded.^[39]
  • Donnelly Garment Company founded.
  • The Imperial Brewing Company Brewery became the Boulevard Mill after Prohibition.
• 1920
  • Kansas City Monarchs baseball team established in the Negro National League.
  • University of Kansas Medical Center established.
  • AMC Theatres founded. (Originally Dubinsky Bros.)
  • Brookside Shopping District opens.
  • Population: 324,410.^[2]
• 1921
  • First annual installation of the Easter Bunnies on Country Club Plaza.^[40]
  • Laugh-O-Gram Studio founded by Walt Disney (closes 1923)
  • Monroe Hotel built.^[41]
• 1922
  • WPE radio begins broadcasting.
  • The Scout statue in Penn Valley Park is dedicated as a permanent memorial to local Indian tribes.
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church built.^[42]
• 1923
  • Country Club Plaza opens.
  • Russell Stover Candies founded.
  • Fairyland Amusement Park opens at 75th & Prospect.
• 1924
  • New Rialto Theater opened 18th & Vine (Boone Theater)^[43]
  • J.E. Dunn Construction founded.
• 1925
  • Political boss Tom Pendergast becomes Chairman of the Jackson County Democratic Party.
  • Hotel President built.
  • Loose Park created.
  • Electric Park burned down after 18 years.
• 1926
  • Country Club Christian Church built at 61st & Ward Parkway. (Church formed 1920.)^[44]
  • Blues shouter and KC native Big Joe Turner performs and tends bar at The Sunset.^[45]
  • Ararat Shrine Temple and Bagdad Theatre^[46] open.
  • Liberty Memorial dedicated to World War I veterans, opens
• 1927
  • Downtown Airport opens, dedicated by Charles Lindbergh
  • Pioneer Mother Memorial in Penn Valley Park dedicated.^[47]
  • Southwest High School established.
• 1928
  • Uptown Theater opened.
  • June: 1928 Republican National Convention.
  • The Blue Room jazz club opened in the Street Hotel at 18th and Paseo. (Closed 1954)^[48]
  • Villa Serena Apartments (later, The Raphael Hotel) opened on the Country Club Plaza.
  • F. W. Woolworth Building constructed.
• 1929 - Count Basie joins the Bennie Moten Orchestra to play Kansas City jazz.^[49]
• 1930
  • Bryce B. Smith became mayor.
  • First official Plaza Lighting Ceremony took place on Thanksgiving night.
  • Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple completed.
• 1931
  • Kansas City Power and Light Building constructed.
  • Hotel Phillips built across from the Hotel Muehlbach.
  • Prominent businesswoman, Nell Donnelly Reed was abducted.
  • The Calvin Company began producing educational films.
• 1932 - First annual Plaza Art Fair held on the Country Club Plaza.^[50]
• 1933
  • Stroud's Restaurant opened.
  • The Sunset Jazz Club opened. (Closed 1938)^[48]
  • Kansas City Philharmonic established. (Dissolved 1982.)
  • May 27: Mary McElroy, daughter of City Manager Henry F. McElroy, was kidnapped for ransom.
  • June 17: Kansas City massacre at Union Station.
  • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened.
  • Jackson County Courthouse built.
• 1934
  • March 27: Election day violence leaves 4 dead, 11 wounded.^[51]
  • Crime boss Johnny Lazia gunned down in front of his home.^[52]
  • Swope Memorial Golf Course opens.
• 1936 - Holy Land Christian Mission founded.^[27]
• 1937
  • Kansas City City Hall rebuilt.
  • Southeast High School established.
  • Charlie "Bird" Parker played jazz with Jay McShann in Kansas City.^[53]
• 1939 - Tom Pendergast convicted of income tax evasion and served 15 months.
• 1940
  • John B. Gage becomes mayor.
  • Kansas City Museum opens.
• 1942 - Hogan Preparatory Academy established.
• 1944 - Midwest Research Institute founded.
• 1945
  • Mining of SubTropolis underground storage began^[54]
  • Harry S. Truman Bridge (railroad bridge) completed.
  • Vice President Harry S Truman sworn in as President after Franklin Roosevelt dies.
• 1946
  • Linda Hall Library established.
  • William E. Kemp becomes mayor.
  • Gates Bar-B-Q founded by George and Arzelia Gates.
• 1948
  • Harry S Truman wins 1948 United States presidential election
  • First national leadership conference of the Future Homemakers of America (FHA), now Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).
• 1949
  • The Golden Ox restaurant, originator of the Kansas City strip steak, opened.
  • Crest Drive-In cinema active (approximate date).^[46]
  • Richard Walker Bolling becomes U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district.^[55]
  • Industrial Bearings Transmission, now IBT, Inc. founded at 1625 Grand

• 1950 - Starlight Theatre opened in Swope Park.
• 1951
  • July: Great Flood of 1951.^[56]
  • J.C.Hall commissions illustrator Norman Rockwell to paint The Kansas City Spirit in response to the flood.^[57]
• 1952 - Nell Donnelly Reed donates land for the James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife area.^[58]
• 1953 - The Donnelly Garment Company was the largest manufacturer of women's clothing worldwide.
  • Kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease.
• 1954
  • U.S. Weather Bureau Severe Local Storms Unit relocated to Kansas City.
  • Paseo Bridge opens. (1954-2010)
  • First annual Jewel Ball is held.
• 1955
  • H&R Block founded
  • Philadelphia Athletics of the American League relocate becoming the Kansas City Athletics.
  • H. Roe Bartle becomes mayor.
  • TWA Corporate Headquarters Building was built in the Crossroads.
• 1956
  • First runway opens at Kansas City Industrial Airport, now KCI
  • Interstate Highway System begun.
  • Broadway Bridge built.
  • Robert Altman's first film The Delinquents shot in Kansas City.
  • The Carriage Club was founded.^[59]
• 1957
  • Kansas City Ballet founded.
  • Ruskin Heights Tornado (F-5).
  • Last electric streetcar retired.
  • Russ Fiorella opens Smoke Stack Barbecue.
  • KCUR-FM radio went on the air.
  • Blue Ridge Mall opened.
• 1959
  • Five KC firefighters killed in gas tank explosion on Southwest Blvd.^[60]
  • Ward Parkway Center opened.
• 1960 - Mill Creek Fountain (created in 1910) installed on the Country Club Plaza.^[61]
• 1961
  • Freedom, Inc. founded.
  • Hickman Mills annexed.
• 1963
  • Lamar Hunt relocates the Dallas Texans to become the Kansas City Chiefs
  • University of Missouri–Kansas City established.
  • Ilus W. Davis becomes mayor.
  • Bruce R. Watkins elected as first African-American city council member.
  • Martin City annexed.
• 1964 - Kansas City Repertory Theatre founded^[62]
• 1966 - Lockton insurance founded.
• 1967
  • Kansas City Chiefs lose the first Super Bowl to the Green Bay Packers
  • Kansas City Athletics relocate to Oakland at the conclusion of the season
  • The Giralda Tower constructed on the Country Club Plaza.^[63]
  • Sister city relationship established with Seville, Spain.^[64]
• 1968 - April: 1968 Kansas City, Missouri riot.
• 1969
  • Kansas City Royals baseball team formed.,^[65]
  • Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl IV
• 1970
  • Universal Press Syndicate founded.
  • Missouri State Representative Leon Jordan was assassinated.
  • Population: 507,330.^[2]
• 1971
  • Charles Wheeler becomes mayor.
  • Satchel Paige of the Kansas City Monarchs inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Crown Center opens.
• 1972
  • Arrowhead Stadium opens
  • NBA Cincinnati Royals became the Kansas City Kings
  • Kansas City International Airport becomes the city's primary passenger airport
  • Sister city relationship established with Kurashiki, Japan.^[64]
• 1973
  • Worlds of Fun opens.
  • Kauffman Stadium opens as Royals Stadium.
  • Andrews McMeel Publishing founded.
  • City of Fountains Foundation founded.^[66]
  • Sister city relationship established with Morelia, Mexico.^[64]
• 1974
  • Revival of the Kansas City St. Patrick's Day Parade^[67][16]
  • First Hospital Hill Run takes place with 99 runners.^[68]
  • Kemper Arena opens.
  • NHL comes to Kansas City with the establishment of the Scouts as an expansion team
  • Black Archives of Mid-America founded by Horace M. Peterson III.^[69]
  • Sister city relationship established with Freetown, Sierra Leone.^[64]
• 1975
  • Kansas City Kings basketball team comes to Kemper Arena.
  • Mid America Heart Institute opens.
• 1976
  • Bartle Hall Convention Center opened
  • 1976 Republican National Convention held in Kemper Arena.
  • World Science Fiction Convention held.
• 1977
  • River Quay bombings^[70]
  • Fairyland Park closes after extensive damage by windstorm.
• 1978
  • Coates House Hotel fire claimed 20 lives.^[71]
  • Artist Christo installs "Wrapped Walk Ways" in Loose Park.
  • Sister city relationship established with Tainan, Taiwan.^[64]
• 1979
  • Richard L. Berkley becomes mayor.
  • The Coterie Theatre is founded.
  • Kansas City Comets indoor soccer team. (1979-1991)
  • Kemper Arena roof collapsed.
• 1980
  • Hyatt Regency hotel opens.
  • The Kansas City Royals lose World Series to the Philadelphia Phillies
  • The Pitch alternative newspaper founded.
  • Bannister Mall opened.
• 1981 - July 17: Hyatt Regency walkway collapse.
• 1982
  • Kansas City Symphony established.
  • Kansas City Business Journal founded.
  • Oceans of Fun opens
  • National Museum of Toys and Miniatures opens
  • Kansas City Chorale founded.
• 1983 - Bobby Bell of the Kansas City Chiefs inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• 1985
  • World Series won by Kansas City Royals with Manager Dick Howser
  • Harris-Kearney House opens as a museum.
• 1986 - Town Pavilion hi-rise built.
• 1987 - Len Dawson of the Kansas City Chiefs inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• 1988
  • ACT UP chapter founded.^[56]
  • One Kansas City Place built.
  • Serial killer Bob Berdella apprehended as "Kansas City Butcher"
  • Professional golfer Tom Watson inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
  • November 29: Construction site explosion kills 6 firefighters
• 1989
  • Boulevard Brewing Company founded
  • Sister city relationship established with Xi'an, China.^[64]
• 1990
  • Mr. & Mrs. Bridge filmed in Kansas City starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward released.
  • The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum founded.
  • Buck Buchanan of the Kansas City Chiefs inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame.
  • The Kansas City Times ceased publication.
  • Kansas City Blades hockey team founded. (1990-2001)
  • Population: 435,146.^[13]
• 1991
  • Emanuel Cleaver becomes mayor.
  • Kansas City Stockyards close.
  • Firefighters' Memorial Fountain dedicated at 31st & Broadway
  • The Arabia Steamboat Museum opens in the River Market.
  • Sister city relationship established with Guadalajara, Mexico.^[64]
• 1993
  • Great Flood of 1993
  • Sister city relationships established with Hannover, Germany and Port Harcourt, Nigeria.^[64]
• 1994 -
  • Artist Claes Oldenburg installs Shuttlecocks at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.^[72]
  • Sky Stations sculptures installed on pylons of Bartle Hall.
  • Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opens.
  • Stowers Institute for Medical Research established.
• 1995
  • Kansas City Wiz soccer team founded by Lamar Hunt.
  • Sister city relationship established with Arusha, Tanzania.^[64]
• 1996
  • Hilton Flamingo Riverboat Casino opened. (Now Bally's Kansas City)
  • Kansas City, a Robert Altman crime film is released.
• 1997
  • Station Casino opened. (Now Ameristar Casino.)
  • City website goes online (approximate date).^{[73][chronology citation needed]}
  • American Jazz Museum opens.
  • Sister city relationship established with San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico.^[64]
• 1998
  • Lidia's Kansas City opened in the Freight House.
  • Sister city relationship established with Ramla, Israel.^[64]
• 1999
  • Kay Barnes becomes mayor.
  • Union Station reopens after restoration.
  • George Brett of the Kansas City Royals inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Pro wrestler Owen Hart falls 70 feet to his death at Kemper arena.
  • Randie Carver, North American Boxing Federation super-middleweight died defending his title.

• 2000
  • Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden opened.^[74]
  • Population: 441,545.^[75]
• 2001
  • New Chouteau Bridge completed.
  • Regional Kansas City SmartPort economic development group established.
• 2002 - First Fridays began in the Crossroads Art District^[76]
• 2003 - First Kansas City Irish Fest at Crown Center.
• 2004
  • Zona Rosa urban shopping district opened.
  • Sister city relationship established with Metz, France.^[64]
• 2005
  • Penn Valley skatepark opens.
  • Emanuel Cleaver becomes U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district.^[77]
• 2006
  • Modern glass Kansas City Star Building built.^[78]
  • Historic Pencoyd Railroad Bridge moved to Union Station to become the Freight House Pedestrian Bridge.
• 2007
  • Sprint Center (arena) opens.
  • H&R Block World Headquarters built.
  • Irish Museum and Cultural Center opens.
  • Mark Funkhouser becomes mayor.
  • The Bloch Building addition of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opens.
• 2008 - Kansas City Power & Light District completed.
• 2009 - Andrews McMeel Syndication founded.
• 2010
  • The Big Slick, an annual celebrity fundraiser for Children's Mercy Hospital.^[79]
  • Christopher S. Bond Bridge opens, replacing demolished Paseo Bridge
  • Population: 459,787.^[80]
• 2011
  • Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts opens.
  • Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity opened. (Remodeled from Union Station Power House, built in 1914.)
  • Sly James becomes mayor.
  • Population: 463,202; metro 2,052,676.^[81]
• 2012
  • Google Fiber service begins.^[82][83]
  • Legendary Kansas City broadcaster, Walt Bodine dies.
  • Kansas City Startup Village established.^[84]
• 2013
  • Kansas City Sculpture Park renamed to honor Donald J. Hall, Jr.^[85]
  • JJ's Restaurant on the Plaza destroyed by gas explosion; 1 fatality, 15 injured.^[86]
• 2014
  • Liberty Memorial officially designated The National World War I Monument and Museum.
  • J. Rieger & Co. distillery re-established after 95 years
• 2015
  • World Series won by Kansas City Royals
  • Knuckleheads Saloon music venue opened in the East Bottoms.
• 2016
  • KC Streetcar entered service.
  • Broadway Bridge renamed Buck O'Neil Bridge.
• 2019
  • Quinton Lucas elected mayor
  • Artist Andy Goldsworthy installs "Walking Wall"^[87] at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
• 2020 - Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV
• 2021 - Chiefs lose Super Bowl LV
• 2022
  • Buck O'Neil of the Kansas City Monarchs inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Kansas City Public Schools regain full accreditation.
• 2023
  • Chiefs win Super Bowl LVII
  • New KCI airport terminal opens.^[88]
  • New Kansas City flag design adopted.
• 2024
  • Chiefs win Super Bowl LVIII
  • Kansas City Parade Shooting
• 2025
  • Chiefs win AFC Championship.
  • Chiefs lost Super Bowl LIX.

• List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri
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