110 Hjón gifta á Thanksgiving 1902

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Á miðvikudaginn, Nóvember 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. The 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 kvöldi, Recorder Hahn issued license after license as three ministers

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Um Leg Locks,,en,Ég horfði nýlega Eddie Bravo Invitational,,en,The lightweights,,en,þar über hæfileikaríkur Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu svart belti Gary Tonan varði titil sinn,,en,Ég njóta EBIs meira en flest önnur sem ekki UFC atburðum á UFC Fight Pass,,en,Ultimate Fighting Championship áskrift streymisþjónustu,,en,Tonan er frægur fyrir lokka fótinn en ég tók mest af keppendum voru,,en,Ég rakst nýlega yfir eyjunni dæmd karla,,en,sjaldgæft Peter Lorre kvikmynd sem ég hafði ekki séð,,en,Þó að ég hef skrifað um Lorre í Hr,,en,Moto röð á síðasta ári,,en,Lorre var meira vel þekkt fyrir að leika glæpamenn og Killers í hasarmyndum eins og M,,en,og Stranger á þriðju hæð,,en,Í eyjunni dæmt karla,,en,kaþólska sóknarprest á St,,en,Bridget á Erin var skipulögð í North St,,en

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I recently watched the Eddie Bravo Invitational 13: The Lightweights, where über talented Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gary Tonan defended his title. I enjoy the EBIs more than most of the other non-UFC events on UFC Fight Pass, the Ultimate Fighting Championship subscription streaming service. Tonan is famous for his leg locks but I noticed most of the competitors were

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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. Þó, 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. Þó, 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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Janúar 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (tengja hlekkur). 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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Stjóri Butler og St. Louis Machine

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Þegar það kemur að því að vél stjórnmál og skipulagðri glæpastarfsemi, Kansas City hefur alltaf outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City var einnig heimili nokkurra Áberandi gangland shootings. St. Louis’ síðasta skipulögð glæpastarfsemi leiðtogi var handtekinn fyrir að spila spil. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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