Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about miscellaneous history.
Sa Enero 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Gayunman, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, ang St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Ilog ng Misuri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Ngayon, 4200 Cook is
Sa Septyembre 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Ang St. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South
Sa Biyernes, Oktubre 14, and Saturday, Oktubre 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. Ang 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Kate Chopin, anak na babae ng isang kitang-kitang Pranses pamilya at sa oras lokal na may-akda, na gumuho sa St. Louis 1904 Patas mundo noong Agosto 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ay lamang 54 taong gulang at pinagdudusahan ang isang utak pagdurugo o aneurism. Siya ay namatay sa kanyang tahanan sa McPherson Avenue noong Agosto 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Oliver Leonard Kirk ay may pagkakaiba ng pagiging ang tanging Olympic boksingero upang manalo ang gintong medalya sa dalawang magkahiwalay na timbang klase sa parehong Laro sa Olympic. Oliver Kirk Nagagawa ito kahang-hangang gawa sa kanyang bayang kinalakhan Olympics sa 1904. St. Louis naka-host sa ikatlong Olympiad sa panahon ng 1904 Patas Exposition mundo. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Sa Septyembre 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. Ipinadala nila siya sa isang asylum sa Washington
Theodore Roosevelt ginawa isang nakamamatay na desisyon sa Araw ng Halalan 1904. Inihayag niya matapos na inihalal sa pagkapangulo sa kanyang sariling karapatan pagkatapos pataas sa opisina kapag ang pagpatay nang pataksil ng William McKinley na hindi siya tumakbo para sa isa pang termino sa 1908. Roosevelt had served almost a full term before his election as McKinley was assassinated in September 1901.
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Pataga” sa St. Louis during the 1904 Patas mundo. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Sa Sabado, Marso 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran at ang mga detective