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A l'abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
Al setembre 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. You
Al novembre 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 anys d'edat. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Al setembre 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Per anys, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 i 126 lliures, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Al juliol 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
A l'agost 26, 1886, Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Almenys això era el que vaig pensar inicialment i la majoria dels historiadors han citat. Modern
El cosí germà del meu avi, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, va ser un de St. Louis’ pioners de l'avió. Julius, que era conegut a la família com “Punks”, es va unir a la Guàrdia Nacional Aèria a mitjans de la dècada de 1920. Seria encarregat com a tinent. Julius va pilotar avions tant per al cos aeri militar com per a civils. La majoria dels homes de la seva unitat, que incloïa Charles
Durant l'última setmana de desembre 1902, William Rudolph, un miner recentment va tornar al comtat de Franklin, i George Collins va robar el Union Bank a Union, MO. Van robar tota la nit, quan ningú va estar present per la voladura de la caixa forta. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Mentre que uns pocs actors van jugar Charlie Chan abans de Warner Oland i alguns retratats Inspector Chan després de Roland Winters, el cos principal d'Earl Derr Biggers’ Adaptacions cinematogràfiques de Charlie Chan ocórrer entre 1931 to 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). Després de la seva mort, Sidney Toler va començar a jugar el paper de Charlie Chan en el
On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Sr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.