Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Την Δευτέρα, Μάρτιος 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, ένα 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” στο St. Louis during the 1904 Παγκόσμια Έκθεση. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Το Σάββατο, Μάρτιος 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Ο Μοράν και οι ντετέκτιβ
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Μετά 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Μπήκε και αυτός ως ένας από
Η. Η. Holmes was America’s first known serial killer in the modern definition of the word. Holmes operated “the Murder Castle”, a Chicago hotel during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Holmes would eventually be convicted of sixteen murders but may have murdered more than 100 people during his operation of the hotel. What is less well known is that St.
Γνώρισα τη γυναίκα μου στο γάμο της αδελφής μου το Σεπτέμβριο 1995. Είχα γνωστό Tam ως ο καλύτερος φίλος μικρή αδελφή μου για 10 χρόνια, αλλά εγώ δεν την βλέπω πραγματικά ως τη γυναίκα που είχε γίνει μέχρι αυτή την ημέρα στα τέλη Σεπτεμβρίου. I actually got to know her better because I was on wolf duty this day although it
Charlie Chan στο Treasure Island (1939) είναι η τρίτη Twentieth-Century Fox ταινία με πρωταγωνιστή τον Σίντνεϊ Toler ως Charlie Chan. Ο επιθεωρητής Chan και ο Jimmy Chan, παίζεται από Victor Sen Yung, πετούν στην Παγκόσμια Έκθεση του Σαν Φρανσίσκο στο 1939 καθώς ανοίγει η ταινία. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Στην πτήση είναι επίσης ο φίλος του Τσάρλι, Πολ Έσεξ, played
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his
Sunday morning, Αύγουστος 12, 1900, St. Louis Police arrested four former Transit Line streetcar workers for blowing up the Olive Street line on Maryland Avenue between N. Taylor and N. Euclid Avenues on the previous night at 11:00 μ.μ. Police arrested Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz and James Finnesey. Police found 30 pounds of dynamite and 30 feet