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Posts about miscellaneous history.
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 гадоў, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” ў Санкт-. Louis during the 1904 Сусветная выстава. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Луіс, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Kate Chopin, daughter of a prominent French family and at the time local author, collapsed at the St. Луіс 1904 World’s Fair on August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin was only 54 years old and suffered a brain hemorrhage or aneurism. She died at her home on McPherson Avenue on August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Жнівень 17, 1891, Вуліца. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. У 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Луіс. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. У 1847, the
Олівер Леанард Кірк мае гонар быць адзіным алімпійскі баксёр, каб выйграць залаты медаль у двух асобных вагавых катэгорыях у тых жа Алімпійскіх гульняў. Олівер Кірк здзейсніў гэты подзвіг ў яго родным горадзе Алімпіяды ў 1904. Вуліца. Луі прайшоў трэці алімпіяду ць 1904 Сусветная выстава Экспазіцыя. Як Парыжскія гульні за чатыры гады да, Вуліца. Louis gave
On September 15, 1919, Вуліца. 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. На працягу многіх гадоў, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
У сераду, Лістапада 26, 1902, 110 couples arrived at the St. Louis Marriage License Bureau to be officially married on Thanksgiving. The 110 couples broke the previous record set in 1901. This record would also only stand for one year until 1903. Beginning at 9 A.M. and continuing until 5 вечара, Recorder Hahn issued license after license as three ministers
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Аднак, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Аднак, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines
Калі справа даходзіць да палітычных машын і арганізаванай злачыннасцю, Канзас-Сіці заўсёды засланяла St. Луіс. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Канзас-Сіці быў таксама з'яўляецца домам для некалькіх гучных бандыцкіх перастрэлак. Вуліца. Луіс’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around