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Min farfars far Parker var offer för en av de största naturkatastroferna att slå Cape Girardeau, MO, den 1949 tornado. Den drabbade staden på lördag, Maj 21, 1949 vid 06:54 p.m. Genom 7:00 p.m., Parker Zimmerman var död vid 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” filmserie. 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 reagerade till rapporter om mordet på Officer McKenna av Lewis Brothers. Dillon trodde att Lewis Brothers, som var auto och tråd tjuvar, var ansvariga för McKenna död. 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
Före fredag, April 7, 1916 var över, Lewis bröderna skulle döda två St. Louis poliser, John McKenna och William Dillon. McKenna var först att falla, när han avbröt bröderna försöker stjäla tråd, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon skulle dödas undersöka McKenna mord. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,
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. El var angriparen som en kraftledning med 3300 volts of electricity fell onto the telephone lines, at Eight Street and Carr Avenue. Den
Min styvfar, Ernest C. Diaz, föddes i St. Louis, MO på lördag, Maj 21, 1932. It was the same day Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. Pappa var yngst av fem barn till Joseph (Josef) Diaz och 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
Vad som händer är den första kommersiellt framgångsrika konstfilm. Det kabinett av Dr. Caligari (1920) släpptes i januari 1920 bli en tysk och internationell sensation. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionistiska målare ritade byggnader som lutade i udda vinklar, 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, Mexiko. Joseph was born on May 12, 1893. Enligt hans dödsattest, his parents were Ulalio (Eulalio) Diaz and Betty Diaz nee Ramiro. I have