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FACTS & PICS: about the Golden Age of Boxing c1890-1940. AUTHOR: Then The World Moved On: The Brutal Truth Behind the Max Baer-Frankie Campbell Fight - https://a.co/d/gq4Zad1
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submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

In what year was 3-division champ Henry Armstrong born #OTD? Nope, not 1912. The census taker visited his family (line 68) on 2nd May 1910. Henry is 4 months old. So Dec 12 is likely, but his year of birth was 1909. I wonder if he chose 1912 because he liked the idea of 12-12-12?

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