Canadian boxer (died 1984)

Lou Brouillard

Lucien Pierre Brouillard, better known as Lou Brouillard,, was a Canadian professional boxer who held the Undisputed World Welterweight and Undisputed World Middleweight Titles. Statistical boxing website BoxRec ranks Brouillard as the 14th best middleweight of all-time and the 3rd best Canadian boxer ever. During his career he faced the likes of Mickey Walker, Young Corbett III, Jimmy McLarnin, Marcel Thil, and Fred Apostoli. Brouillard was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.

Born

1911

May 23

Died

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1910s

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april 2 The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
april 27 The Second Canton Uprising takes place in Guangzhou, Qing China, but is suppressed.
april 29 Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
april 6 During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).

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