NEWS OF THE DAY.
Date: 15 October 1858
John L. Sullivan Birthday, Date of Birth
John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918), known simply as John L. among his admirers, and dubbed the "Boston Strong Boy" by the press, was an American boxer. He is recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing, de facto reigning from February 7, 1882, to September 7, 1892. He is also generally recognized as the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing under the London Prize Ring Rules, being a cultural icon of the late 19th century America, arguably the first boxing superstar and one of the world's highest-paid athletes of his era. Newspapers' coverage of his career, with the latest accounts of his championship fights often appearing in the headlines, and as cover stories, gave birth to sports journalism in the United States and set the pattern internationally for covering boxing events in media, and photodocumenting the prizefights.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Friday, October 15, 1858
- Place of Birth
- Roxbury
- Age
- 166
- Star Sign
- ♎
The October 15, 1858 was a Friday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 287 day of the year. President of the United States was James Buchanan.
If you were born on this day, you are 166 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 336 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, in 28 days. You have lived for 60,967 days, or about 1,463,231 hours, or about 87,793,919 minutes, or about 5,267,635,140 seconds.
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