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Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, светски шампион борач и тегови во 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch одржа насловот за пет години и поразени сите надежни. На релативно млада возраст од 35, Gotch одлучи да се пензионира. За својот последен натпревар, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Ноември 13, 1930, Роланд V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Лилјакот (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Сепак, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Околу 10 сум во четврток, Април 10, 1919, пет тешко вооружени мажи упаднале во Баденската банка. Бандитите се соочиле со М.В. Мунцел, касиерката, и побарал пристап до трезорот. Тие ги собраа четворицата други вработени додека Мунцел ја водеше групата до трезорот. Разбојниците носеле обоени бандани за да им ги прикријат карактеристиките. Додека двајца од петте мажи
Во петокот, Мај 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Мисури. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 минути. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
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 филмови. 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
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. Тој користеше
Од мај 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
Во август 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Во 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. Во 1847, на
Кон крајот 1909, Станислав Zbyszko отпатува во САД за да ги предизвикаат светот тешкаш шампион во борење, Френк Gotch. Пред состанокот Gotch, Zbyszko турнеја во САД и се бореше многу локални борачи во текот на почетокот на дел од 1910. Zbyszko да патува 37,000 милји. Во почетокот на неговата турнеја, Zbyszko сретна Френк Gotch со хендикеп натпревар. Zbyszko поразен Gotch, who was