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Dwar Settembru 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. You
Fuq Novembru 30, 1910, rapporti ġew minn England dik li qabel kienet Heavyweight Champion tad-Dinja Prizefighting Jem Mace kien miet fi 79 sena. Mace kien champion tad-dinja minn 1860 li 1862 u għal darb'oħra mill- 1866 li 1876. Wara Allegatament jaqla miljun dollaru fil-karriera li spanned 1857 li 1909, Jem Mace miet penniless. He was laid to rest
Dwar Settembru 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Għal snin, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 u 126 liri, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Fuq Lulju 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Fuq Awissu 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis iltaqa il Wrestling British Champion Tom Cannon fil Cincinnati, Ohio. Matul l-era lotta leġittimu, wrestlers oħra beżgħu l Lewis qawwija minħabba ħakma tiegħu. Lewis impjegat strangle arterjali karotide magħrufa bħala l-ċowk mikxufa wara fil Judo. Mill-inqas dan kien dak li oriġinarjament ħsibt u l-biċċa l-kbira tal-istoriċi kkwotaw. Moderna
L-ewwel kuġin tan-nannu, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, kien wieħed minn St. Louis’ pijunieri tal-ajruplan. Julius, li kien magħruf fil-familja bħala “Punks”, ingħaqad mal-Gwardja Nazzjonali tal-Ajru f’nofs is-snin għoxrin. Kien jiġi kkummissjonat bħala Logutenent. Julius tajjar ajruplani kemm għall-korp tal-ajru militari kif ukoll ċivili. Ħafna mill-irġiel fl-unità tiegħu, li kien jinkludi lil Charles
Matul l-aħħar ġimgħa ta 'Diċembru 1902, William Rudolph, minatur lura riċentement biex Franklin County, u George Collins insterqu l-Unjoni Bank fl-Unjoni, MO. Huma insterqu matul il-lejl, meta l-ebda wieħed kien preżenti mill blowing up-periklu. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 li 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). Wara l-mewt tiegħu, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into