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Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. Porén, when he came to Chicago in 1900, he was “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Un
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet agredido
En agosto 11, 1915, o actual campión mundial de boxeo de peso pesado de cores, Sam McVey, loitou contra Sandy Ferguson en Boston, Massachusetts no ximnasio da Asociación Atlética Atlas. McVey loitou nunha época na que os promotores conxelaron a todos os boxeadores afroamericanos, excepto o gran Jack Johnson, de loitar polo campionato do mundo. McVey derrotou á maioría dos outros grandes loitadores negros deste
RKO Pictures trouxo o personaxe de cómics Dick Tracy á pantalla grande en decembro 1, 1945. Mentres a película é, en definitiva, un “B” filme feito para ser o primeiro en tocar dúas veces, inda sería de interese para os moitos fans do cómic populares. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 anos, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
William Powell’s fifth turn as S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance may have been his best. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) finds Philo Vance trying to solve the murder of Archer Coe. Coe had many enemies but the greatest mystery for Vance is how Coe was murdered in a locked room. Vance asistiu a unha exposición canina con Coe e os seus
Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. En 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, cando Mellie
Charlie Chan en Panamá (1940) estrelas Sidney Tolerancia como Inspector Charlie Chan. Nesta película, Inspector Chan está na ruta do espía Riner. Riner pretende realizar un acto de sabotaxe, cando a flota estadounidense pasa pola canle. Inspector Chan experimenta unha situación inusitada, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
Eugene “Xene” Agosto Johannpeter naceu en maio 20, 1908, para Julius e Bertha Johannpeter. Era o segundo fillo do tío Xulio e tía Bertha. O seu irmán maior era Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, que voou o correo de Lambert Field, xunto con Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. O meu avó, Gilbert P. Ellis, lived
O xoves, Xaneiro 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, un dos St. Louis’ homes máis ricos, de propiedade de inmobles residenciais e outros activos valorados en 2 millón de dólares. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. El