saint0917
June 27th, 2009, 06:02 AM
6/27/14:
Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson easily defeats Frank Moran in a 20-round bout in Paris, choosing to box Moran for the duration despite catcalls from the howling gallery. Less than 24 hours later, 840 miles away in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife will be assassinated, the flashpoint for the outbreak of World War I.
B I R T H D A Y S
Willie Mosconi b. 1913
Gus Zernial b. 1923
Rico Petrocelli b. 1943
Jeff Conine b. 1966
Daryle Ward b. 1975
Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson easily defeats Frank Moran in a 20-round bout in Paris, choosing to box Moran for the duration despite catcalls from the howling gallery. Less than 24 hours later, 840 miles away in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife will be assassinated, the flashpoint for the outbreak of World War I.
B I R T H D A Y S
Willie Mosconi b. 1913
Gus Zernial b. 1923
Rico Petrocelli b. 1943
Jeff Conine b. 1966
Daryle Ward b. 1975