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My great grandfather Parker was the victim of one of the largest natural disasters to hit Cape Girardeau, MO, den 1949 tornado. It hit the city on Saturday, May 21, 1949 på 06:54 p.m. Av 7:00 pm, Parker Zimmerman was dead at 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 serie. 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 was responding to reports about the murder of Officer McKenna by the Lewis Brothers. Dillon mente at Lewis Brothers, som var auto og wire tyver, var ansvarlig for McKenna død. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Han observerte to av Lewis-brødrene gå inn i garasjen i Forden. Dillon gikk inn i garasjen
Before Friday, April 7, 1916 was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Louis Police Officers, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, en verdifull vare under første verdenskrig. Dillon would be killed investigating McKenna’s murder. McKenna fikk i oppdrag å lete etter ledningstyvene,
The deadliest incident in St. Louis Police history was not a shootout, natural disaster or act of terrorism. The deadliest incident in St. Louis Police history occurred on the night of Monday, September 3, 1900. Elektrisitet var overfallsmannen som en kraftledning med 3300 volts of electricity fell onto the telephone lines, at Eight Street and Carr Avenue. Den
Min stefar, Ernest C. Diaz, ble født i St. Louis, MO på lørdag, May 21, 1932. It was the same day Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. Pappa var den yngste av fem barn født til Joseph (Josef) Diaz og Marie Diaz Moellenberg. 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
Hva skjer er den første kommersielt vellykkede kunstfilm. The Cabinet of Dr.. Caligari (1920) ble utgitt i januar 1920 bli en tysk og internasjonal sensasjon. Det markerte begynnelsen på den tyske filmgjenopplivingen på 1920-tallet Den tyske ekspresjonistiske bevegelsen i tysk kunst påvirket denne filmen sterkt.. Ekspresjonistiske malere tegnet bygninger med skrånende vinkler, oddly shaped furniture,
Joseph (Josef) Diaz var min stefar, Ernest C. Diaz far. Ernie eller pappa var sønn av Joseph og 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, hans foreldre var Ulalio (Eulalio) Diaz and Betty Diaz nee Ramiro. Jeg har