Morrissey vs. Sullivan: Fight, Then Feud

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ოქტომბერი 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan for the American and possibly World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Sullivan had been considered the champion since Tom Hyer, who had beaten Sullivan previously, retired instead of fighting Sullivan in a rematch. Sullivan claimed the title and was backed by Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.

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Charlie Chan სახიფათო ფული (1946)

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საშიში ფული (1946) არის მეორე ბოლო Charlie Chan ფილმი როლებში Sidney Toler from Monogram სურათები. მას შემდეგ, რაც Sidney Toler გარდაცვალების, როლანდ Winters აღება როლი ცხრა ფილმები. This film allows us to appreciate Toler’s portrayal of Inspector Chan for close to the last time. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his twenty-first portrayal

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Oscar and Dorothy Von Burg

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Uncle Oscar Von Burg and Aunt Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech were my grandparents’ closest friends. Grandma Ellis and Aunt Dorothy were sisters separated in age by about a year and a half. Grandpa Ellis and Uncle Oscar became close friends when they were dating the sisters. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt

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ბატონმა. Moto in Danger Island (1939)

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აპრილს 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox released the seventh of eight Mr. Motion “B” ფილმები. ბატონმა. Moto in Danger Island იწყება Mr. Moto on a ship headed to Puerto Rico. ბატონმა. Motion, played by Peter Lorre, and several passengers are watching a wrestling match. Twister McGurk, played by Warren Hymer, is wrestling Sailor Sam, played by Ward Bond. ბატონმა. Motion

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Blind Man Identifies Crooks

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წლის 7, 1890, Chief of Detectives William Desmond brought in Pat Kennedy, a low-level St. Louis crook, who was suspected of stealing 20 cents from a cigar store on North 9th Street. A 3rd District St. Louis Police Officer captured Kennedy after he robbed a Miss Minnie Mullaney at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Kennedy proved a first-rate coward,

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Can TKD Learn from MMA?

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Despite its worldwide popularity and it’s rank as the most popular martial art in the United States, (TKD) is beginning to lose some of it’s luster due to its perceived lack of success in Mixed Martial Arts. (MMA) is the biggest thing to hit the martial arts world since Jigaro Kano decided to go to a colored and black belt system to denote rank within his school,

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Tammany Thugs მკვლელობის შესახებ ყასაბი

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In July 1854, the World Bareknuckle Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey, who also severed as Tammany Hall enforcer, challenged William “კანონპროექტი ყასაბი” Poole to a no holds barred street fight. The result was a terrible beating and several month recovery for John Morrissey. Morrissey would have likely won a bareknuckle prizefight with Poole, a part-time prizefighter himself. Morrissey made a

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Arthur C. Clemmings (1913 – 1992)

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Arthur C. Clemmings დაიბადა ხუთშაბათი, აპრილი 3, 1913 წმინდა. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. იგი დანიშნეს ნახევრად კვალიფიციური რკინის თანამშრომელი. მისი ვადა ჯარში, რომელიც დაიწყო სექტემბერს 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.

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Death უფროსის Rat

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William T.”Willie” Egan აიღო “Egan მიერ Rats” გარდაცვალების მისი უფროსი ძმა Tom in 1919. Thomas “Snake” Kinney და მისი ბავშვობის მეგობარი და ძმა-in-law Tom Egan ჩამოყალიბდა წმინდა. Louis’ კრიმინალური ორგანიზაციის გვიან 1800s. ორივე Kinney და ტომ Egan იყო სალონი მეპატრონეთა და დემოკრატიული პოლიტიკოსები. მათ მიერ დასაქმებულთა “Rats” for political slugging and other criminal activities. Thomas

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