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Min oldefar Parker var offer for en af de største naturkatastrofer ramt Cape Girardeau, MO, den 1949 tornado. Det ramte byen på lørdag, Maj 21, 1949 ved 06:54 p.m. Ved 7:00 p.m., Parker Zimmerman var død på 74 år. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life
While watching the Facebook Prelims for UFC 161, I observed a trend that happens often in mixed martial arts competition. One of the competitors would get a dominant position but would sacrifice it to chase a submission. He caught the other competitor in close to ten submissions but the other man escaped all ten and one a close split decision.
A number of the old Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes movies have recently become available on DVDs and streaming. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” film series. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). In the The Scarlet Claw (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,
William Dillon reagerede på rapporter om mordet på Officer McKenna af Lewis Brothers. Dillon mente, at Lewis Brothers, der var auto-og wire tyvene, var ansvarlige for McKenna død. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage
Inden fredag, April 7, 1916 var over, Lewis brødrene ville dræbe to St. Louis Politibetjente, John McKenna og William Dillon. McKenna var den første til at falde, da han afbrød brødrene forsøger at stjæle ledning, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon ville blive dræbt undersøger McKenna mordet. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,
Den dødeligste hændelse i St. Louis Politi historien var ikke en shootout, naturkatastrofe eller terrorhandling. Den dødeligste hændelse i St. Louis Politi historie indtraf natten til mandag, September 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 volt faldt på telefonlinjerne, at Eight Street and Carr Avenue. Den
My stepfather, Ernest C. Diaz, was born in St. Louis, MO on Saturday, Maj 21, 1932. It was the same day Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. Dad was the youngest of five children born to Joseph (Josef) Diaz and Marie Moellenberg Diaz. Dad said the family did not have a lot
Sometimes when you are researching the family history, you get an unpleasant shock. I was researching my stepdad Ernest C. Diaz’s family history in the Library of Congress database. Dad did not know much about the Moellenburgs, so I have been trying to find more information on them. While the discovery was significant, it was also a bit depressing. Dad’s
What happens is the first commercially successful art film. Kabinettet af Dr.. Caligari (1920) was released in January 1920 becoming a German and international sensation. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist painters drew buildings sloped at odd angles, oddly shaped furniture,
Joseph (Josef) Diaz was my stepfather, Ernest C. Diaz’s father. Ernie or Dad was the son of Joseph and Marie Diaz nee Moellenberg. Joseph was a first generation immigrant from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Joseph was born on May 12, 1893. Ifølge hans dødsattest, his parents were Ulalio (Eulalio) Diaz and Betty Diaz nee Ramiro. I have