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Rritje deri Kam dëgjuar shumë tregime për gjyshen time e Madhe Caroline “I mbrojtur nga era” Ellis nga nëna ime. Ajo kaloi shumë kohë me gjyshen e saj që jetonte në St. Louis. Gjysh Ellis u zhvendos në Illinois disa herë gjatë viteve 1940 dhe 1950. Mami do të kthehen në St. Louis shpesh për të parë të madh gjyshe Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, mundës kampion bote dhe peshëngritësi në 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch mbajti titullin për pesë vjet dhe mundi të gjitha ardhurve. Në moshën relativisht të re të 35, Gotch vendosur të dalin në pension. Për ndeshjen e tij të fundit, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Në nëntor 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Megjithatë, 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.
Rreth 10 am on Thursday, Prill 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men
Të premten, Maj 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, Misuri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minuta. 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 filma. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs punëson Holmes për të mbrojtur
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 mori pjesë në disa gara legjitime me praktikuesit japonezë jujitsu. Ai përdori
Në maj 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
Më gusht 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Në 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. Në 1847, the
Në fund 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko udhëtoi për në Shtetet e Bashkuara për të sfiduar Botëror Heavyweight Champion mundjes Frank Gotch. Para takimit Gotch, Zbyszko vizitoi Shtetet e Bashkuara dhe luftuan shumë mundësit lokale në të gjithë pjesën e hershme të 1910. Zbyszko do të udhëtojë 37,000 milje. Herët në turneun e tij, Zbyszko takua Frank Gotch në një ndeshje të metë. Zbyszko mundi Gotch, who was