Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
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. En 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. En 1847, o
Oliver Leonard Kirk ten a distinción de ser o único boxeador olímpico a gañar unha medalla de ouro en dúas categorías de peso diferentes nos mesmos Xogos Olímpicos. Oliver Kirk conseguir este feito na súa cidade natal Olimpíadas de 1904. St. Louis acolleu a terceira Olimpíada durante o 1904 Exposición Feira Mundial. Como os xogos de París catro anos antes, St. Louis gave
En setembro de 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. Durante anos, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, filla dunha familia francesa de destaque e, na época autor local, desmoronou no St. Louis 1904 Feira Mundial en agosto 20, 1904. Madame Chopin era só 54 anos de idade e sufriu unha hemorraxia cerebral ou aneurisma. Ela morreu na súa casa en McPherson Avenue en agosto 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
En novembro 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 nenos. O St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 anos, 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. Porén, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A loita profesional no século XIX gozaba dunha mala reputación fóra de
Cando se trata de política de maquinaria e crime organizado, Kansas City sempre ofuscado St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City tamén foi o fogar de varios tiroteos entre bandas de alto perfil. St. Louis’ último líder do crime organizado foi detido por xogar cartas. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
En decembro de 1, 1938 en 5:15 am, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 anos de idade. 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
Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for