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April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro
Hvem er den største legitime profesjonelle bryteren til å bryte i USA? Hvordan gjøre
Oktober 14, 1938, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation released the fifth of eight Mr. Moto Films starring Peter Lorre as Interpol Policeman Kentaro Moto. In Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938), Mr. Moto infiltrates a prison and helps a prisoner escape to discover the plans of his criminal organization. Mr. Moto breaks international criminal Paul Brissac, played by Leon Ames, out of
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 and 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Theodore Roosevelt gjorde en skjebnesvanger avgjørelse på valgdagen 1904. Han kunngjorde etter å ha blitt valgt inn i formannskapet i sin egen rett etter stigende til kontoret på mordet på William McKinley at han ikke ville stille til en ny periode i 1908. Roosevelt hadde tjent nesten en hel periode før han ble valgt som McKinley ble myrdet i september 1901.
På fredag, Oktober 21, 1904, en av de største tragediene i St. Louis Politiet historie skjedde da to tog røvere og tre St. Louis Politiet detektiver døde i en skuddveksling. Gunfight skjedde i et lite rom på Pine Street. To dager senere på søndag, Oktober 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, som er grunnen til at begge arrangørene
I løpet av april 1885, St. Louis opplevde en av sine mest oppsiktsvekkende drapene. To engelske reisende hadde sjekket inn på Southern Hotel i begynnelsen av april 1885. C. Arthur Preller og H. M. Brooks, som skulle av aliaset Dr. Maxwell, syntes å være svært vennlig. Selv om de hadde separate rom, they often stayed in the same room together. At
På mandag, March 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, en 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” i St. Louis during the 1904 Verdensutstillingen. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) er den tredje Twentieth-Century Fox film med Sidney Toler som Charlie Chan. Inspector Chan and Jimmy Chan, spilt av Victor Sen Yung, are flying to the San Francisco World Exposition in 1939 as the film opens. Den humpete tur gjør Jimmy veldig nervøs. Also on the flight is Charlie’s friend Paul Essex, played