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Sam Hill, a Seattle businessman, brought Professor Yoshiaki Yamashita to the United States in 1902. Professor Yamashita intended to help spread Dr. Jigoro Kano’s relatively new martial art of Judo. Accompanying Professor Yamashita was his student Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda would go on to teach Carlos Gracie in Brazil. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over
I first read about William Muldoon in a biography of John L. Sullivan, the last bare knuckle heavyweight champion. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare-knuckle bouts. John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain fought the last major bare-knuckle bout in 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. He was in terrible
Torsdag aften, Maj 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, en strejke sympatisør med en historie af psykisk sygdom, skød og dræbte Patrolman Dennis Crane. Patrolman Crane og flere andre officerer reagerede på området på grund af rapporter om Koenig truende andre borgere. Koenig indtastet Eas og Sons Saloon på det sydvestlige hjørne af S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have
Den 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike var en skydning krig mellem arbejderklassen og overklassen. Det startede som et job handling fra streetcar arbejdere i de nyligt konsoliderede streetcar linjer. Men, det hurtigt delte byen med arbejderklassen støtter strejken, mens de øvre og faglige klasser trodsede strejken. The result was a deadly
Da jeg voksede op, Jeg har ofte hørt Bedstemor Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, tale om sine to tabte søstre. Hun mistede sin ældste søster Margaret og hendes lillesøster Loretta før hendes 40 års fødselsdag. Margaret B. Mosblech var den første af fjorten børn født Eduard og Magdalena Mosblech. Great Aunt Margaret was born on June 10, 1908. As
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released After The Thin Man (1936), the sequel to the popular Thin Man (1934), on Christmas Day 1936. The film is one of 14 films William Powell and Myrna Loy made together. Powell and Loy play Dashiell Hammet’s characters Nick and Nora Charles respectively. Nick Charles formerly worked as a private detective before marrying the wealthy heiress Nora.
Jack Johnson har altid været en hård genstand for mig. Jeg beundrer hans mod og styrke i at konfrontere had og bigotteri i en tid, når du gør det sætte sit liv i fare. Han nægtede at svare og acceptere en stilling underlegenhed til hvide amerikanere. Alligevel, ligesom mange mennesker, han var en fejlbehæftet mand. He beat his first wife
In this post, which was previously a podcast, we will discuss the epic sixty-one round draw between James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson in 1891. This bout prepared Corbett for his successful challenge of John L. Sullivan in 1892. På marts 21, 1891, the most serious contender for the inactive John L. Sullivan’s world championship broke the color line to
Sam McVey, der blev betragtet som den Idol Paris, i løbet af sin boksning karriere fra 1902 til 1921, er stort set glemt i dag. En af de største sorte sværvægtere i sin tid, han blev frosset ud af at kæmpe for verden titel, selv efter Jack Johnson besejrede Tommy Burns i 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career
På en kold januar nat i 1904, da byen St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Det var 5:45 p.m. den 13. januar kl den gamle Brown Shoe Company fabrik på hjørnet af Washington Avenue og North ellevte Street. Time for the men to