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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, A világbajnok birkózó és súlyemelő-ben 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch tartotta a címet öt év, és legyőzte az összes belépők. A viszonylag fiatal kora 35, Gotch úgy döntött, hogy visszavonul. Az utolsó meccs, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, A Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Viszont, 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.
Körül 10 csütörtökön vagyok, Április 10, 1919, öt erősen felfegyverzett férfi berontott a Baden Bankba. A banditák szembeszálltak M.W. Munzel, a pénztáros, és hozzáférést követelt a páncélteremhez. Összegyűjtötték a másik négy alkalmazottat, miközben Muntzel a csoportot a trezorhoz vezette. A rablók színes kendőt viseltek, hogy eltakarják arcvonásaikat. Míg az öt férfiból kettő
Pénteken, Május 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, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 jegyzőkönyv. 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 filmek. 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. Használta
Május 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
Augusztus 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. -Ben 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. -Ben 1847, a
In late 1909, Szaniszló Zbyszko utazott az Egyesült Államokba, hogy kihívást World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling Frank Gotch. Előtt eleget Gotch, Zbyszko turnézott az Egyesült Államokban, és küzdött számos helyi birkózók egész korai szakaszában 1910. Zbyszko utazna 37,000 mérföld. Korai turnéjának, Zbyszko találkozott Frank Gotch egy handicap meccs. Zbyszko legyőzte Gotch, who was
Pénteken, Június 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. At only 24 éves, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to