For those who wish something BESIDES today’s Obama-Clinton contest:

Sir John Major, the former prime minister of Great Britain/United Kingdom, will be honored tonight by the Board of Governors of the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library.

The St. Louis reception/dinner is at the Saint Louis Woman’s Club at 4600 Lindell Blvd. in St. Louis, MO. The event begins at 6:30 p.m.

As a release notes:

“At the event Major will be presented with The Churchill Medal in recognition of his years of outstanding leadership and public service. He will deliver a speech re-imagining the famous Iron Curtain address delivered by Sir Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton in 1946.

“Major’s years of public service began as a Conservative Party councilor in the London borough of Lambeth. In 1979, he won the constituency of Huntingdom for the Conservatives in the election that elevated his predecessor, Margaret Thatcher, to Prime Minister. He became a member of the Cabinet in 1987 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Then in 1989 he was made Foreign Secretary and only 100 days later Chancellor of the Exchequer.

“Following Margaret Thatcher’s resignation, Major became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the British Conservative Party in 1990 and held those positions until the Labour Party came to power in 1997.”

By the way: In 2006, Major was in town and delivered Washington University’s commencement address.