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The Police Gazette is the most legendary publication in American history, running for over 130 years and inventing almost everything we know as today's pop-culture journalism. Today it is once again the official publication of the sport of bare knuckle boxing. The National Police Gazette name and logo are trademarks of National Police Gazette Enterprises, LLC, which also manages all Police Gazette

copyrights past and present, and publishes all new Police Gazette content. This page was founded by the Police Gazette's current-affairs editor Bill Potter.

This Date in Police Gazette History:April 11, 1908: The Police Gazette founds the famous Mt Wilson Trail Race in Sierra ...
11/04/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
April 11, 1908: The Police Gazette founds the famous Mt Wilson Trail Race in Sierra Madre, California. Pictured is the medal awarded to the first winner. The race is still run, though is temporarily moved this year due to damage from the Eaton Fire.

This Date in Police Gazette History:April 9, 1898: Yusuf "Terrible Turk" İsmail puts a hold on American champion Ernest ...
09/04/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
April 9, 1898: Yusuf "Terrible Turk" İsmail puts a hold on American champion Ernest Roeber during their match at Madison Square Garden.

This Date in Police Gazette History:April 9, 1887: "Barnum's Big Chance. The extraordinary freak of nature to which Mrs....
09/04/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
April 9, 1887: "Barnum's Big Chance. The extraordinary freak of nature to which Mrs. Kretschner of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has just given birth."

1925: Gazette staff illustrator Alexander Calder sketches champion long-distance and cross-country runner Paavo Nurmi.
04/04/2025

1925: Gazette staff illustrator Alexander Calder sketches champion long-distance and cross-country runner Paavo Nurmi.

This Date in Police Gazette History:April 4, 1891: The Police Gazette Championship Teeth Lifting medal that John Whitman...
04/04/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
April 4, 1891: The Police Gazette Championship Teeth Lifting medal that John Whitman won by lifting 200 pounds with his teeth (not the famous 1,000-lb Police Gazette dumbbell pictured). We posted a picture of Whitman in action on March 21st.

This Date in Police Gazette History:April 2, 1898: Yusuf "Terrible Turk" İsmail, photographed exclusively for the Gazett...
02/04/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
April 2, 1898: Yusuf "Terrible Turk" İsmail, photographed exclusively for the Gazette, in the U.S. on a wrestling tour and matched against Ernest Roeber for the championship.

This Date in Police Gazette History:April 1, 1882: The Gazette prints a "fac simile" of a signed letter from Jesse James...
01/04/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
April 1, 1882: The Gazette prints a "fac simile" of a signed letter from Jesse James addressed to publisher Richard K Fox, possibly the last letter James wrote before his death. At right is the Gazette's 1882 reprint; at left is how the letter looks today.

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 31, 1883: "Two rival beauties second their lovers in a fight... over the ladie...
31/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 31, 1883: "Two rival beauties second their lovers in a fight... over the ladies' respective charms."

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 30, 1889: The Gazette sets up the heel vs babyface dynamic before the John L S...
30/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 30, 1889: The Gazette sets up the heel vs babyface dynamic before the John L Sullivan/Jake Kilrain championship fight. Kilrain--dedicated to training, loving father & husband, honored by the community--and Sullivan--given to drunken nightmares, torturing animals, assaulting bar patrons.

This Month in Police Gazette History:March 1963: Muhammad Ali, known as Cassius Clay at this time, is touted as a likely...
28/03/2025

This Month in Police Gazette History:
March 1963: Muhammad Ali, known as Cassius Clay at this time, is touted as a likely heavyweight champion one year before he first won the title.

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 26, 1892: The medal for Police Gazette Champion One Legged Clog Dancer, presen...
26/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 26, 1892: The medal for Police Gazette Champion One Legged Clog Dancer, presented to TF Grant.

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 25, 1911: Max Brenton wearing the Police Gazette Champion 125-lb Wrestler of A...
25/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 25, 1911: Max Brenton wearing the Police Gazette Champion 125-lb Wrestler of America belt buckle we featured back on March 5th.

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 24, 1883: "The Serpents' Vengeance." A jilted lover inflicts a "diabolical pen...
24/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 24, 1883: "The Serpents' Vengeance." A jilted lover inflicts a "diabolical penalty."

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 22, 1884: In a bout between John L Sullivan and GM Robinson at The Pavilion in...
22/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 22, 1884: In a bout between John L Sullivan and GM Robinson at The Pavilion in San Francisco, Robinson does nothing but avoid Sullivan. But he was less successful at avoiding a friend of Sullivan's later in a bar.

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 21, 1903: John Whitman, holder of the Police Gazette medal for Teeth Lifting.
21/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 21, 1903: John Whitman, holder of the Police Gazette medal for Teeth Lifting.

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 18, 1922: Charlie Chaplin "enjoying his favorite sporting paper, the 'Police G...
18/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 18, 1922: Charlie Chaplin "enjoying his favorite sporting paper, the 'Police Gazette,'" in between shots on the set of his latest film "Pay Day."

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 17, 1888: On St Patrick's Day, enjoy Irish-American Jake Kilrain getting one i...
17/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 17, 1888: On St Patrick's Day, enjoy Irish-American Jake Kilrain getting one in on Englishman Charlie Mitchell as the latter trains for an upcoming bout with John L Sullivan.

This Date in Police Gazette History:March 14, 1903: Danish wrestler Magnus Bech-Olsen, who would later win a match vs th...
14/03/2025

This Date in Police Gazette History:
March 14, 1903: Danish wrestler Magnus Bech-Olsen, who would later win a match vs the great George Hackenschmidt.

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