Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about miscellaneous history.
Srpna 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. V 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. V 1847, the
Oliver Leonard Kirk má vyznamenání za bytí jediný olympijský boxer vyhrát zlatou medaili ve dvou různých váhových třídách ve stejných olympijských hrách. Oliver Kirk vykonal tento čin v jeho rodném městě olympijských her v 1904. St. Louis hostil třetí olympiádu v průběhu 1904 Světová výstava Expozice. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Září 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. Po celá léta, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, dcera prominentního francouzského rodiny a v době, kdy místní autora, zhroutil na St. Louis 1904 Světová výstava srpna 20, 1904. Madame Chopin byl jen 54 let a utrpěl krvácení do mozku nebo aneurysma. Zemřela ve svém domě na McPherson Avenue srpna 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Dne 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. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, 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
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. Však, 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
Pokud jde o obráběcí politiky a organizovaného zločinu, Kansas City se vždy zastínil St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City byl také domov pro několik vysoce postavených gangsterských přestřelek. St. Louis’ poslední vůdce organizovaného zločinu byl zatčen za hrací karty. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
Prosince 1, 1938 na 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 let. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Budovy jsou jen hromady desek a cihel bez příběhů, které jsou s nimi spojeny. V průběhu listopadu 1912, St. Louis policejní důstojník Arthur Huddleston byl zabit paroled vrah Albert Whitefielda. Whitefield překvapil svou družku, který byl zábavný další gentleman volajícího. Whitefield pokusil zabít ji před dvěma St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for