Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Posts about miscellaneous history.
Kolovoza 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. U 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. U 1847, the
Oliver Leonard Kirk ima razlike kao jedini olimpijski boksač koji je osvojio zlatnu medalju u dva odvojena težinske kategorije na istim Olimpijskim igrama. Oliver Kirk postigao ovaj podvig u svom rodnom gradu na Olimpijskim igrama u 1904. St. Louis vrijeme bila domaćin trećeg Olimpijade 1904 Svjetskom sajmu Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, 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. Godinama, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, daughter of a prominent French family and at the time local author, collapsed at the St. Louis 1904 World’s Fair on August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin was only 54 years old and suffered a brain hemorrhage or aneurism. She died at her home on McPherson Avenue on August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Studeni 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 i Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 djeca. St. Ludovika nadbiskupija posvetila crkvu
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 godina, 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. Međutim, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionalne borbe u 19. stoljeću uživale su lošu reputaciju izvan zemlje
Kad je riječ o politici strojeva i organiziranog kriminala, Kansas City je uvijek sjajila St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City je također dom nekoliko high-profile mafijaškom pucnjavi. St. Louis’ Posljednji vođa organiziranog kriminala je uhićen zbog kartanja. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
U prosincu 1, 1938 na 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 godina. 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
Zgrade su samo gomile dasaka i cigle, bez priča koje su priključeni na njih. Tijekom studenog 1912, St. Louis policajac Arthur Huddleston ubijen je na uvjetnu slobodu ubojica Albert Whitefield. Whitefield je iznenadio svoje izvanbračne supruge, koji je zabavljao još jedan gospodin pozivatelja. Whitefield pokušao ubiti prije dva St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for