Историк боевых видов спорта и боец
Posts about miscellaneous history.
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 лет, 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” в Санкт-. Louis during the 1904 Всемирная выставка. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Луис, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Кейт Шопен, дочь выдающегося французского семьи и в то время местные автора, рухнул на St. Луис 1904 Всемирная выставка августа 20, 1904. Мадам Шопен был только 54 лет и перенес кровоизлияние в мозг или аневризму. Она умерла в своем доме на McPherson авеню августа 22, 1904. Кейт Шопен родился Кейт О'Флахерти в Санкт.
Августа 17, 1891, Улица. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. В 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Луис. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. В 1847, the
Оливер Леонард Кирк имеет честь быть единственным олимпийский боксер, чтобы выиграть золотую медаль в двух отдельных весовых категориях в тех же Олимпийских игр. Оливер Кирк совершил этот подвиг в его родном городе Олимпиады в 1904. Улица. Луи прошел третий олимпиаду во 1904 Всемирная выставка Экспозиция. Как Парижские игры за четыре года до, Улица. Louis gave
On September 15, 1919, Улица. 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. В течение многих лет, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
В среду, Ноябрь 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 вечера, 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. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", 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. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines
Когда дело доходит до политических машин и организованной преступностью, Канзас-Сити всегда затмевала St. Луис. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Канзас-Сити был также является домом для нескольких громких бандитских перестрелок. Улица. Луис’ последний организовал лидер преступление был арестован за игральные карты. We did have a Democratic party political machine around