Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
September 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. Mittunt eum ad Washington asylum
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basilius Rathbone revertitur Holmes undecimo decimo quarto ut Angli sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. Postquam autem
John L. Sullivan erat fortissimus pugnae praemium transeuntem heavyweight. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was
Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
On August 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Ludovicus, Missouri. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Octobris 6, 1890, Bob et tonsor soli sunt Lutheri loci Duncan Henderson egressus esset ad N. 11th Street ad dissidia. Hoc area of St. Ludovicus, ut putabatur, “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop domos et durior et African-Americani ad movendum in civitate, Fortis’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in
In December 3, 1896, Domus tria hominum intravit bracino apud S. Officii. At circa Louis 2:30 p.m. COLLECTARIUS accessi ad Robertum Hofferkamp. Viri Revolvers producitur ad puerum suum et nuntiavit Hofferkamp iactare manus suas. Quod acceperunt viri $10,000 from the office in what would be a multi-million dollar heist today. The robbers tied up and
Et “Strangulatam” Ludovicus top est duorum luctatorum American professio omnium temporis. Dum Ludovicus legitimus luctator obsequii, quis posset vincere luctamine, et laboraverunt fere solum in praestituto spectaculo compositus. In 1929, et interfuit in par cum professionalem eu ludio ludius conversus luctator, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg erat in Providentia vapor Rollerus,
In December 8, 1903, Sam Langford pugnavit caestu fortissimus regnantis leve est in patria Bostono, Massachusetts. Prior ad pugnantes Langford, maxime peritorum boxing comissationesque sensit Joe Gans non potuit in legitimo verberabitur. Natus est in Baltimore, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. In hoc film, Mr. Moto docet investigationem criminalem classium ad plures investigationes indagatores comprehendendas