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Significant events
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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
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Unknown
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
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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
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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
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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.
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| 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 |