Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Paul Pons mara Kifaransa Greco Kirumi Wrestling Champion. Alikuwa nzuri ya kutosha kutoa George Hackenschmidt kukimbia kwa pesa yake katika mashindano kadhaa. Hata hivyo, alipofika Chicago katika 1900, alikuwa “kushindwa” na wrestler ndani. mazingira ya hasara kuondoka mengi ya taka. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Moja
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 kushambuliwa
Juu ya Agosti 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 Picha kuletwa Dick Tracy strip tabia ya Comic kwa screen kubwa juu ya Desemba 1, 1945. Wakati filamu ni dhahiri “B” filamu maana ya kuwa ya kwanza katika muswada mara mbili, bado ingekuwa ya riba na mashabiki wengi wa maarufu Comic strip. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 miaka, 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 alihudhuria onyesho la mbwa na Coe na wake
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. In 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, wakati Mellie
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) stars Sidney Toler as Inspector Charlie Chan. Katika filamu hii, Inspector Chan is on the trail of the spy Riner. Riner intends to carry out an act of sabotage, when the American fleet passes through the canal. Inspector Chan experiences an unusual situation, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
Eugene “Gene” Agosti Johannpeter alizaliwa Mei 20, 1908, kwa Julius na Bertha Johannpeter. Alikuwa mwana wa pili wa mjomba Jules na shangazi Bertha. Kaka yake alikuwa Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, ambao akaruka pepe nje ya Lambert Field pamoja na Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. Babu yangu, Gilbert P. Ellis, lived
Siku ya Alhamisi, Januari 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, moja ya St. Louis’ wanaume matajiri zaidi, mali isiyohamishika ya makazi inayomilikiwa na mali zingine zinazothaminiwa 2 dola milioni. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Yeye