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Posts about miscellaneous history.
En agosto 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, la
Oliver Leonard Kirk tiene la distinción de ser el único boxeador olímpico en ganar una medalla de oro en dos categorías de peso diferentes en los mismos Juegos Olímpicos. Oliver Kirk logró esta hazaña en su ciudad natal en los Juegos Olímpicos 1904. St. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
En septiembre 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. Por años, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, hija de una prominente familia francesa y en el momento en el autor local, derrumbado en el St.. Louis 1904 Feria Mundial en agosto 20, 1904. Madame Chopin sólo era 54 años y sufrió una hemorragia cerebral o aneurisma. Murió en su casa en la avenida McPherson en agosto 22, 1904. Kate Chopin nació Kate O'Flaherty en St.
En noviembre 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. El St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 año, 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. Sin embargo, 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
Cuando se trata de la maquinaria política y el crimen organizado, Kansas City siempre ha eclipsado St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City también fue el hogar de varios tiroteos entre bandas de alto perfil. St. Louis’ último líder del crimen organizado fue detenido por jugar a las cartas. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
En diciembre 1, 1938 en 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 years of age. 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
Los edificios son sólo montones de tablas y ladrillos sin las historias que se les atribuyen.. During November 1912, St. El oficial de policía de Louis, Arthur Huddleston, fue asesinado por el asesino en libertad condicional Albert Whitefield.. Whitefield había sorprendido a su esposa de hecho, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for