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Kuv ob great-yawg H lub yim hli ntuj. Elker yug hauv Hanover, Lub teb chaws Yelemees saum ntuj 22, 1848 hauv xyoo revolutions nyob teb chaws Europe. Hais txog lub revolutions los tsis, Lub yim hli ntuj ntawv tsev neeg travelled Miskas rau 1854. Tom qab yuav tsaws nyob New York City, tus neeg ua nws cov me nyuam txoj kev Elker. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis muaj German Catholic lub zog loj, uas
Oliver Leonard Kirk muaj lub txim hluav taws xob los yog cov boxer Olympic xwb los yeej muaj puav pheej nyob hauv ob hoob yuag cais hauv kev ua si zoo tib yam Olympic kub. Oliver Kirk accomplished no feat ntawm nws hometown Olympics nyob rau 1904. St. Louis hosted lub Olympiad thib peb hauv lub 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Zoo li tus ua si Paris plaub xyoos ua ntej, St. Louis gave
Arthur Wontner arguably yog tus zoo zaj duab xis portrayer of Sherlock Holmes. Nws fifth thiab kawg outing li Holmes hauv tua neeg thaum lub Baskervilles (1937). Naam tawm nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United Kingdom hauv 1937 tab sis tsis tawm nyob rau hauv kom txog rau thaum lub ib hlis ntuj 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ib hlis ntuj 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defended his American Wrestling Championship against an up-and-coming wrestler from Iowa. Thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj, the fans realized it was the toughest match of the c Frank Alvin Gotch, lub Humboldt, Iowa ua teb cov tub uas yuav defeat Georg Hackenschmidt rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship rau 1908, yog Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had defeated Gotch’s
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Kaum ib hlis 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
Spanish dhaus Cape tsis (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Ob tug loj, Frederic Dannay thiab Manfred lis, leej twg sau tau ntau detective novels hauv lub pseudonym ntawm cov ua cim npe. Hauv no zaj duab xis, Ellery Queen noj ib so rau California nrog nws cov phooj ywg Macklin txiav txim plaub ntug. tau mas, they are not long into their
Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) yog ib lub tsib Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner li Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott txais tau lub Sherlock Holmes tshiab lub hav uas ntshai tiam sis ntxiv rau zaj dabneeg muab Moriarty xibfwb thiab Col. Sebastian Moran qhia nyob rau hauv zaj dabneeg. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 16, 1877, St. Louis tub ceev xwm John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. Tom qab pom Frank Rande nkag Wright lub Pawnshop ntawm txog tus txiv neej 9:30 a.m. Luag muab ib tus thawj tub ceev xwm Wright. As Officer White and Heffernan
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.