Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Huhtikuun 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Lokakuun 20, 1916, Ad Santel, tunnettu "huoria" tai taitava painija, met Taro
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Syyskuun 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate link) tells the story of Sergeant Alvin C. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. The film begins with the contrast of a Sunday church service and the
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Tammikuu
Heinäkuun 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Liike “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto vie lomat löytää Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, aikoo
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. Syyskuun 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
Marraskuun 16, 1877, St. Louis Poliisi John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. Mies tunnistettiin myöhemmin Frank Randen tuli Wrightin Pawnshop noin 9:30 a.m. Wright lähetti yhden hänen avustajansa poliisille. As Officer White and Heffernan
Perjantaina, Lokakuu 14, and Saturday, Lokakuu 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. The 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Ludvig, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Kate Chopin, tytär merkittävä ranskalainen perhe ja tuolloin paikallinen kirjailija, romahti St. Ludvig 1904 Maailmannäyttely August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin oli vain 54 vuotias ja kärsi aivoverenvuotoon tai aneurism. Hän kuoli kotonaan on McPherson Avenue August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road
Oliver Leonard Kirk on kunnia olla ainoa Olympic nyrkkeilijä voittaa kultamitalin kahdessa eri painoluokassa samassa olympialaisiin. Oliver Kirk tämän urotyön hänen kotikaupungissaan olympialaisissa 1904. St. Louis isännöi kolmannen olympiadin aikana 1904 Maailmannäyttely Expo. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. Kuitenkin, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.