Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Στο 35 years of age and nearly 300
On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Initially, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Louis Αστυνομικό Τμήμα. When the bank association turned over the
Τον Απρίλιο του 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 πρακτικά. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, όταν
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Ο παππούς Ellis’ father
Τον Ιανουάριο 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Ωστόσο, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, το St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Μιζούρι. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Σήμερα, 4200 Cook is
Ο παππούς μου, Frank O.. Μεγαλύτερος αδελφός του Zimmerman ήταν ο Robert Harold “Βασανίζω” Zimmerman. Είχαν τέσσερα μεγαλύτερα ετεροθαλείς αδελφούς και αδελφές και ένα νεκρό μισό-αδελφή, αλλά ο Χάρι ήταν το πρώτο παιδί του Parker L. Zimmerman και την τρίτη σύζυγό του, Dolly. Ο παππούς θα γεννηθεί Μάιο 28, 1913. Ο Χάρι είναι λίγο μυστήριο καθώς πέθανε γύρω από το
Τον Δεκέμβριο 27, 1941, Republic Pictures released the first chapter of the fourth Dick Tracy serial, Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941). Once again, Ralph Byrd played Detective Dick Tracy. In this series, Dick Tracy works with “The Commission” to attack crime but suspects one of the members of the commission is the mysterious Ghost. The Ghost’s henchman Lucifer, played
Όταν ξεκίνησα προπόνηση στις πολεμικές τέχνες 1995, οι ιστορίες που συνδέονται με την ίδρυση της πιο πολεμικές τέχνες ήταν αρκετά φανταστικό με υπεράνθρωπη κατορθώματα του τη φυσική του δύναμη και την καταπολέμηση δυνατότητα που δόθηκε στη ιδρυτές τους. Είτε Kung Fu, Καράτε ή Τζούντο, ο ιδρυτής πήρε τις δεξιότητες που έμαθε σε προηγούμενες πολεμικές τέχνες, το τροποποίησε και νίκησε τους πάντες. Αυτοί οι ισχυρισμοί είναι
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, ή 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. Ενώ St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,