Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 ταινίες. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs προσλαμβάνει Holmes για την προστασία του
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Χρησιμοποίησε
Τον Μάιο του 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould
On August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Σε 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Σε 1847, ο
In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, ο οποίος ήταν
My second great-grandfather August H. Elker was born in Hanover, Germany on May 22, 1848 in the year of revolutions in Europe. Whether related to the revolutions or not, August’s family travelled to America in 1854. After landing in New York City, the Elker family made its way to St. Louis, Μιζούρι. St. Louis had a large German Catholic community, ο οποίος
Oliver Leonard Kirk έχει τη διάκριση της ύπαρξης το μόνο ολυμπιακό μπόξερ για να κερδίσει ένα χρυσό μετάλλιο σε δύο διαφορετικές κατηγορίες βάρους στους ίδιους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες. Oliver Kirk καταφέρει αυτόν τον άθλο γενέτειρά του Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες στο 1904. St. Louis φιλοξένησε την τρίτη Ολυμπιάδα κατά τη διάρκεια της 1904 Κόσμο Fair Έκθεση. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Arthur Wontner is arguably the best film portrayer of Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). The film was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 but was not released in America until January 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Την Πέμπτη, Ιανουάριος 27, 1904, Ο Τομ Τζένκινς υπερασπίστηκε το αμερικανικό του πρωτάθλημα πάλης ενάντια σε έναν ανερχόμενο παλαιστή από την Αϊόβα. After the first fall, οι οπαδοί συνειδητοποίησαν ότι ήταν ο πιο δύσκολος αγώνας του γ Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Ο Τζένκινς είχε νικήσει τον Γκοτς
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Νοέμβριος 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman