Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
Posts about miscellaneous history.
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ane, 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” nan St. Louis during the 1904 San Patipri Mondyal la. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Kate Chopin, pitit fi nan yon fanmi enpòtan franse ak la nan moman otè lokal, tonbe nan St a. Louis 1904 San Patipri Mondyal la sou Out 20, 1904. Madame Chopin te sèlman 54 ane fin vye granmoun ak soufri yon emoraji nan sèvo oswa anevrism. Li te mouri nan kay la li sou McPherson Avenue sou Out 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Sou Out 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Nan 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Nan 1847, nan
Oliver Leonard Kirk gen distenksyon an pou yo te sèlman boxer la Olympic pou pou genyen yon meday lò nan de klas pwa separe nan menm jwèt yo Olympic. Oliver Kirk akonpli feat sa a nan pwovens li kote l Olympics nan 1904. St. Louis anime twazyèm Olympiad la pandan la 1904 Mondyal la san Patipri Ekspozisyon. Menm jan ak jwèt yo Paris kat ane anvan, St. Louis gave
Sou Sèptanm 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. Pou ane, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Nan Mèkredi, Novanm 26, 1902, 110 marye te rive nan St a. Louis Maryaj Biwo Lisans yo dwe ofisyèlman marye sou Jou Aksyon de Gras. Nan 110 marye kase mete nan dosye anvan an 1901. Dosye sa a ta tou sèlman kanpe pou yon ane jouk 1903. Kòmanse nan 9 a.m. ak kontinye jouk 5 p.m., 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. Sepandan, 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. Sepandan, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines
Lè li rive politik machin ak krim òganize, Kansas City te toujou outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City te tou lakay yo nan plizyè segondè-pwofil tire Gangland. St. Louis’ te dènye lidè krim òganize yo te arete pou jwe kat. We did have a Democratic party political machine around