Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about miscellaneous history.
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. Juu ya Agosti 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
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. Hata hivyo, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional mapigano katika karne ya 19 walifurahia sifa mbaya nje ya
Johnny Reagan alikuwa mpiganaji muhimu huko St.. Maonyesho ya ndondi ya Louis wakati wa muongo wa kwanza wa Karne ya 20. Asili kutoka Brooklyn, Reagan alihamia St.. Louis kufundisha chini ya Jack McKenna. McKenna aliweka operesheni yake nje ya St.. Louis, ambapo mpiganaji wake alipigania huko St.. Louis’ Klabu ya West End. Reagan alikuwa bantamweight inayoongezeka wakati huo
Juu ya Agosti 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 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. In 1847, the
Oliver Leonard Kirk kinaweza kuwa tu ya Olimpiki boxer kushinda medali ya dhahabu katika mbili tofauti madarasa uzito katika huo Michezo ya Olimpiki. Oliver Kirk yametimia feat hii katika mji wake michezo ya Olimpiki katika 1904. St. Louis mwenyeji Olympiad ya tatu wakati wa 1904 Dunia Fair Ufafanuzi. Kama Michezo Paris miaka minne kabla ya, St. Louis gave
On September 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. Kwa miaka, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, binti maarufu wa familia Kifaransa na wakati mwandishi wa ndani, kuanguka katika St. Louis 1904 Dunia Fair Agosti 20, 1904. Madame Chopin mara tu 54 umri wa miaka na mateso ubongo kutokwa na damu nyingi au aneurism. Alifariki nyumbani kwake juu ya McPherson Avenue Agosti 22, 1904. Kate Chopin alizaliwa Kate O'Flaherty katika St.
Novemba 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St. Jimbo kuu la Louis wakfu kanisa
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 miaka, 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
Linapokuja suala la siasa mashine na uhalifu wa kupangwa, Kansas City daima outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ilikuwa pia ni nyumbani kwa high-profile gangland shootings kadhaa. St. Louis’ mwisho kiongozi wahalifu alikamatwa kwa ajili ya kucheza kadi. We did have a Democratic party political machine around