Terror by Night (1946)

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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 scannáin. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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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. D'úsáid sé

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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On May 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd ar ais chuig an gceart vótála Dick Tracy i Dilemma Dick Tracy ar (1947). Bhí sé nuacht fáilte roimh do lucht leanúna an gceart vótála cé go raibh Chester Gould ina eisceacht suntasach. Gould chruthaigh an carachtar Tracy do leathanach grinn an Mirror Detroit. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Blianta

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Ar Lúnasa 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 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. In 1847, an

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Stanislaus Turais Zbyszko i 1910

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Go déanach 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko thaistil go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe le dúshlán Domhanda trom Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Roimh cruinniú Gotch, Zbyszko camchuairt na Stáit Aontaithe agus battled go leor wrestlers áitiúla ar fud chéad chuid de 1910. Bheadh ​​Zbyszko taistil 37,000 míle. Go luath ina turas, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, a bhí

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Oliver Kirk agus an 1904 St. Cluichí Oilimpeacha Louis

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Oliver Leonard Kirk Tá an t-idirdhealú a bheith ar an dornálaí Oilimpeacha ach a bhuachan bonn óir i dhá rang meáchan ar leithligh sna Cluichí Oilimpeacha céanna. Oliver Kirk i gcrích an éacht seo ag a bhaile dúchais Cluichí Oilimpeacha i 1904. St. D'óstáil Louis tríú Oilimpiad i rith na 1904 Domhain Aonach Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Dúnmharú ar an Baskervilles (1937)

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Is Arthur Wontner fhéadfaí a rá an portrayer scannán is fearr de Sherlock Holmes. A turas cúigiú agus an ceann deireanach mar Holmes i Dúnmharú ar an Baskervilles (1937). Scaoileadh an scannán sa Ríocht Aontaithe i 1937 ach ní a scaoileadh i Meiriceá go dtí Eanáir 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Ar Déardaoin, Eanáir 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. After the first fall, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Samhain 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

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