Wire Thieves Kill Policeman

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Before Friday, Ապրիլ 7, 1916 was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Louis ոստիկանի, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon would be killed investigating McKenna’s murder. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,

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Deadliest Night for St. Louis Police

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The deadliest միջադեպը Սբ. Louis Ոստիկանությունը պատմությունը չէր Shootout, բնական աղետների կամ ահաբեկչական. The deadliest միջադեպը Սբ. Louis Police Պատմություն տեղի է ունեցել գիշերը երկուշաբթի, Սեպտեմբեր 3, 1900. Electricity was the assailant as a power line with 3300 վոլտ էլեկտրաէներգիայի ընկավ վրա հեռախոսային գծերի, at Eight Street and Carr Avenue. The

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In Memory of Ernest C. Diaz, 1932-2008

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My stepfather, Ernest C. Diaz, was born in St. Louis, MO on Saturday, Մայիս 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

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Ընտանեկան պատմաբան լինելու բացասական կողմը

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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

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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What happens is the first commercially successful art film. The Cabinet of 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. Էքսպրեսիոնիստ նկարիչները նկարում էին շինություններ, որոնք թեքված էին կենտ անկյուններով, oddly shaped furniture,

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Joseph Diaz Comes to St. Louis է 1917

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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. According to his death certificate, his parents were Ulalio (Eulalio) Diaz and Betty Diaz nee Ramiro. I have

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Introducing Our New Black Belt

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On April 27, 2013, on what would have been his grandfather and namesake’s 71st birthday, Գիտենալ “Երեքնոց” Zimmerman III became the first black belt in the Zimmerman Self-Defense System under his father Ken Zimmerman Jr. “Երեքնոց” began studying martial arts shortly before his fifth birthday. “Երեքնոց” has trained in Taekwondo, Ձյուդո, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Gojo Shroei Weapons System. His goals

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Theodore Roosevelt on Judo

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Theodore Roosevelt served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States from 1901 մինչեւ 1909. TR is famous for the “Strenuous Life”. He practiced boxing and wrestling through his twenties and thirties. What is not as widely known is that he practiced Judo around 1904, when he was in his mid-40s. Roosevelt would eventually earn a brown belt in Judo. Yoshiaki

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The Day American Martial Arts Changed

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Նոյեմբերի 12, 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, a fourth degree black belt in the little known art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (commonly called Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the United States) cut through an eight man style versus style martial arts tournament. Royce Gracie would turn the martial arts world on its head. After his walk through the

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