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(Year) -April 5 1915 — Jess Willard beats Jack Johnson in the 26th round to win the world heavyweight boxing title in Havana. 1927 — Johnny Weissmuller breaks his own 200-meter freestyle record by seven seconds in 2:08.
Allentown developer Nat Hyman wants to turn a dilapidated warehouse near Seventh and Tilghman streets into an ‘upscale’ apartment complex, but not everyone is on board with the plan.