Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Posts about miscellaneous history.
En kall januarinatt i 1904, när staden St. Louis was preparing for the World’s Fair which would make it famous, overzealous co-workers killed seven boys and a man. Det var 5:45 p.m. den 13 januari på gamla Brown Shoe Company fabrik i hörnet av Washington Avenue och North Eleventh Street. Time for the men to
Ödet för mycket av St. Louis’ historiska byggnader bevisa gamla fastigheter ordspråket. Det handlar om plats, läge, läge. Om byggnaden ligger i South St. Louis, den har en bättre chans att räddas än en byggnad på norra sidan. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except
After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Emellertid, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt valde sin krigsminister och tidigare guvernör i Filippinerna
Jag hörde först talas om Chang Apana i en featurette på en av Charlie Chan dvd-uppsättningar. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was