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Paul Pons je francosko, grško-rimski Wrestling Champion. Bil je dovolj dober, da bi George Hackenschmidt teči za svoj denar na več turnirjih. Vendar, ko je prišel v Chicago 1900, je bil “poraženi” z lokalnim rokoborec. Okoliščine izgube pusti veliko od želenega. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Eden
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 napaden
Avgusta 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
RKO Pictures prinesel Dick Tracy lik stripov na velika platna decembra 1, 1945. Medtem ko je film je definitivno “B” Film mišljeno, da se najprej na dvojni zakona, da bi še vedno bili v interesu mnogih ljubiteljev priljubljenega stripa. Chester Gould ustvaril strip v oktobru 1931 for the Detroit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, 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 se je s Coejem in njegovimi udeležil pasje razstave
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. V 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, ko Mellie
Charlie Chan v Panami (1940) zvezde Sidney TOLER kot inšpektor Charlie Chan. V tem filmu, Inšpektor Chan je na poti od vohuna Riner. Riner namerava izvesti dejanje sabotaže, ko je ameriška flota skozi prekop. Inšpektor Chan doživi nenavaden položaj, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
Eugene “Gene” Avgust Johannpeter se je rodil maja 20, 1908, Juliusu in Bertha Johannpeter. Bil je drugi sin strica in teto Jules Bertha. Njegov starejši brat je bil Julius “Pankerji” William Johannpeter, Jr, , ki je letel na pošto iz Lambert Field skupaj z Charles Lindbergh. “Pankerji” was seven years older than Gene. Moj dedek, Gilbert P. Ellis, živel
Četrtek, Januar 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, eden od St. Louis’ najbogatejših, lasti stanovanjskih nepremičnin in druga sredstva v vrednosti 2 Milijon dolarjev. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. He