110 Couples Wed on Thanksgiving 1902

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Ar ddydd Mercher, Tachwedd 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. Mae'r 110 couples broke the previous record set in 1901. This record would also only stand for one year until 1903. Beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., Recorder Hahn issued license after license as three ministers

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Fodd bynnag,, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

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After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Fodd bynnag,, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines

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Metropolis (1927)

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Ar Ionawr 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (cyswllt Affiliate). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDb), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning

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Boss Butler a St. Louis Peiriant

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Pan ddaw i wleidyddiaeth beiriant a throseddau cyfundrefnol, Kansas City bob amser wedi outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Roedd Kansas City hefyd yn gartref i nifer o shootings gangiau proffil uchel. St. Louis’ arweinydd troseddau cyfundrefnol diwethaf ei arestio am chwarae cardiau. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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