“Terrible” Terry Beats Dixon for Title

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On jaanuar 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a

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House of Frankenstein (1944)

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On detsember 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Niemann intends to exact revenge on the men who

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William Muldoon valmistub Ole Champion

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Sisse 1880, William Muldoon muutuks World raskekaalu maadlus meister kreeka-rooma stiilis pärast võideti THIEBAUD Bauer, Valitsev meister. Enne kui ta oleks selle saavutamiseks feat, Muldoon pidi maksma oma maksud ja valmistuda pealkiri tilt koos Bauer. Sisse 1876, Muldoon püütud tähelepanu endise paljaste vait prizefighting maailmameister John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former

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Gentleman Jim KOs Boston Strong Boy

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John L. Sullivan domineerinud auhinna ring oma karjääri jooksul. Omades rekord 40 võitu, kadusid ja kaks viiki, “Boston Strong Boy” peeti võitmatu. Sullivan võitis maailmameistrivõistlustel 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. Pärast võideti Kilrain selles eepiline hooaeg, John L.

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Expressionism in Nosferatu (1922)

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Märtsil 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau released Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau neglected to purchase the rights to film the story from Stoker’s estate, which almost led to this film being lost to film viewers. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. The

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