Evan Lewis strangles Tom Cannon

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Fuq Awissu 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis iltaqa il Wrestling British Champion Tom Cannon fil Cincinnati, Ohio. Matul l-era lotta leġittimu, wrestlers oħra beżgħu l Lewis qawwija minħabba ħakma tiegħu. Lewis impjegat strangle arterjali karotide magħrufa bħala l-ċowk mikxufa wara fil Judo. Mill-inqas dan kien dak li oriġinarjament ħsibt u l-biċċa l-kbira tal-istoriċi kkwotaw. Moderna

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Pijunier tal-Ajru

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L-ewwel kuġin tan-nannu, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, kien wieħed minn St. Louis’ pijunieri tal-ajruplan. Julius, li kien magħruf fil-familja bħala “Punks”, ingħaqad mal-Gwardja Nazzjonali tal-Ajru f’nofs is-snin għoxrin. Kien jiġi kkummissjonat bħala Logutenent. Julius tajjar ajruplani kemm għall-korp tal-ajru militari kif ukoll ċivili. Ħafna mill-irġiel fl-unità tiegħu, li kien jinkludi lil Charles

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Matul l-aħħar ġimgħa ta 'Diċembru 1902, William Rudolph, minatur lura riċentement biex Franklin County, u George Collins insterqu l-Unjoni Bank fl-Unjoni, MO. Huma insterqu matul il-lejl, meta l-ebda wieħed kien preżenti mill blowing up-periklu. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Gunfight fuq Lindell Boulevard

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Nhar l-Erbgħa, Jannar 10, 1900, St. L-Uffiċjal tal-Pulizija ta’ Louis Paul Girard kien wieqaf fil-kantuniera ta’ S. Taylor u Lindell Boulevard, meta ra raġel jaqbeż mit-tieni sular ta 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Konxju ta’ serq riċenti fil-viċinat għani ta’ Central West End, Girard resaq lejn ir-raġel. Meta r-raġel izappap ra lil Girard, hu ġera lejn S.

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Zbyszko “Wins” World Title in 1921

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Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 minn rivali mibegħda

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Omm Tistqarr lill-Kap Desmond

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Fuq tiegħu 17 sena karriera, St. Louis Kap tad-Ditektifs William Desmond ittratta ma 'ħafna membri tal-familja tal-kriminali. Xi membri tal-familja kienu ħżiena jew agħar mill-Kap kriminali Desmond u l-irġiel tiegħu kienu maqfula. Madankollu, ħafna membri tal-familja kienu onesti, nies li jaħdmu iebes, li tħabtu biex jifhmu x’mar ħażin mal-maħbub tagħhom. Kmieni fil-karriera tiegħu

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Detective Desmond Stops Jail Escape

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On the morning of Wednesday, Lulju 8, 1885, the Coroner’s Clerk Jimmy Spaulding rushed into the Police Court at the Four Courts building. Spaulding announced one of the jail inmates waiting in the holding pen had just escaped. While most of the members of court sat stunned, Detective Billy Desmond jumped to his feet and rushed out of the courtroom.

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Il-Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West xtara d-drittijiet u diretti L-Bat (1926), wieħed mill-ewwel “house dlam qodma” misteri għal Artist Uniti 1926. Arthur Edeson kien il-cinematographer kemm dan il-film u The Dark House Old (1932), li jaqsmu elementi espressjonista simili. Iż-żewġ films huma stabbiliti fl mansions kbar, which have seen better days. The key to the

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