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Në shtator 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. Ju
Në nëntor 30, 1910, Raportet erdhi nga Anglia se ish Botëror Heavyweight Champion Prizefighting Jem Mace kishte vdekur në 79 vjeç. Mace ishte kampion botëror nga 1860 në 1862 dhe përsëri nga 1866 në 1876. Pas thuhet fituar një milion dollarë në një karrierë që u shtri 1857 në 1909, Jem Mace vdiq pa para. He was laid to rest
Në shtator 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. Për vite, 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 dhe 126 £, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Në korrik 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Më gusht 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Të paktën kështu mendova në fillim dhe shumica e historianëve kanë cituar. Moderne
Kushëriri i parë i gjyshit tim, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, ishte një nga St. Louis’ pionierët e aeroplanit. Julius, i cili në familje njihej si “Punks”, iu bashkua Gardës Kombëtare Ajrore në mesin e viteve 1920. Ai do të emërohej si Toger. Julius fluturoi me aeroplanë për trupat ajrore ushtarake dhe civile. Shumica e njerëzve në njësinë e tij, e cila përfshinte Charles
During the last week of December 1902, William Rudolph, a recently returned miner to Franklin County, and George Collins robbed the Union Bank in Union, MO. They robbed it overnight, when no one was present by blowing up the safe. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Ndërsa disa aktorë luajtur Charlie Chan para Warner Oland dhe disa portretizuar Inspektorin Chan pas Roland dimri, organi kryesor i Earl Derr Biggers’ Përshtatje film Charlie Chan ndodhur mes 1931 në 1949. Warner Oland filloi të luajë Charlie Chan në The Black Camel (1931). Pas vdekjes së tij, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
Në shkurt 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” Aberg. 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