Contents 1 Significant events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Debuts 5 Title changes

Significant events Edit

February

• 2: Frank Gotch successfully defends the American Freestyle championship against Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, OH.

May

• 19: Tom Jenkins, less than three months after winning the American Freestyle title from Frank Gotch in New York, defeats Gotch in a Madison Square Garden rematch. Gotch was hampered by influenza in this encounter, and had to be carried from the ring by his seconds after the bout's conclusion.

September

• 15: Charles Olsen severely batters a Japanese judoka in Akitaro Ono in what is billed as an "anything goes" match in Asheville, NC.

Births Edit

Unknown

• Hiroshi Tazuhama

August

• 22: Sam Muchnick, a future president of the NWA, is born Jeshua Muchnick in Novograd-Volinsk, Ukraine to parents Saul Mushnick and Rebecca Salob.

Deaths Edit

September

• 11: Col. James H McLaughlin, a veteran of the American Civil War and a 5-time holder of the American Collar and Elbow championship, dies at 61.

Debuts Edit

July

• 18: Robert Friedrich, later known as Ed "the Strangler" Lewis, defeats a wrestler named Brown in a match held in Pittsville, Wisconsin.

Title changes Edit

March

• 15: Tom Jenkins defeats Frank Gotch in New York to win the American Freestyle title an unprecedented third time. The victory came less than six weeks after Gotch had turned Jenkins back in their previous encounter.

May

• 5: George Hackenschmidt, making a rare North American appearance, defeats American Freestyle champion Tom Jenkins to be named the first official world heavyweight champion. Hackenschmidt won the match in straight falls.

November

• 30: Charles Olsen begins calling himself the world middleweight champion after beating James Parr in Asheville, North Carolina.

December

• 27: Frank Gotch defeats Emil Maupas in Montreal in the finals of a tournament to be named the Canadian Greco Roman champion.

Years
1900s
1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909
1910s
1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919
1920s
1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929
1930s
1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939
1940s
1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
1950s
1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959
1960s
1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
1970s
1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979
1980s
1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
1990s
1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999
2000s
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
2010s
2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013

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