English rugby player and wrestler (born 1936)

Malcolm Kirk

Malcolm Kirk was an English professional wrestler who went by the ring name of "King Kong" Kirk as well as Kojak Kirk, Killer Kirk and "Mucky" Mal Kirk. He started as a professional rugby league player before becoming a professional wrestler. Kirk died of a heart attack on 23 August 1987 after collapsing in the ring during a tag team match at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The wrestling event was run by Joint Promotions with the main event being a tag team match between Kirk and King Kendo against Big Daddy and Greg Valentine in front of 1,500 people.

Born

1936

December 18

Died

1987

Era

1930s

Country

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About

Malcolm, in brief

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Key dates

1936 Born
1987 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1118 The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid.
1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.
1499 A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain.
1622 Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.

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The world in 1936

When Malcolm arrived

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Steven Spielberg 1946– American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Allen Klein 1931–2009 American businessman and music publisher (died 2009) Bobby Jones 1951–1971 American basketball player Francis Burton Harrison 1873–1957 American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (died 1957) Jack Brooks 1922–2012 American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2012) John Hull 1624–1683 colonial American merchant and politician (died 1683) Joseph Stalin 1878–1953 Georgian-Russian marshal and politician,General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1953) Jules Dassin 1911–2008 American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008) Keith Richards 1943– English musician

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1936

Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Anthony Lester 1936– Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020) Anthony Payne 1936–2021 English composer (born 1936) Antonin Scalia 1936–2016 American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1936) B. J. Habibie 1936–2019 Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019) Bill Mazeroski 1936– American baseball player and coach (died 2026) Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Brian Blessed 1936– English actor Canaan Banana 1936–2003 Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)

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