This Week in History, 1966: The Shanghai Junk sails into Chinatown
Sixties nightclub spawned Cheech and Chong, everyone's favourite stoners.
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Sixties nightclub spawned Cheech and Chong, everyone's favourite stoners.
Article content Few people today have heard of Buddy White. But in his day, he was one of the baddest badasses in town. On July 19, 1933, he got into a beef with his friend Alfred Alexander at Hastings Park racetrack. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or This Week in History: 1959: The notorious gambler Buddy White cashes in his chips Back to video White attacked Alexander with a rock and a knife, and Alexander needed 75 stitches to close his wounds. Alexander’s brother also suffered a “slash on the thigh.” White was sentenced to 15 months i...