Terror at Casino de Monte-Carlo
1880 British and French patrons crowded the Casino de Monte-Carlo, games were in full operation and large sums of money sat on the tables. It was a typical Saturday night in spring at the Monaco…
Dennis Day
Entertainment
It Really Happened
Myrton "Mert" Wertheimer
Publicity Stunts / Promotions / Advertisements
Now, That’s A Publicity Stunt
1951 The Irish tenor, Dennis Day, was about to begin a singing engagement at downtown Reno’s Riverside hotel in the summer of 1951. Day is known for his appearances on the Jack Benny comedy show…
Quick Fact – Tunnel Thief
1904 An industrious individual tunneled beneath the Tonopah Club in Tonopah, Nevada, cut a hole through the casino floor and stole $1,000 in gold and silver from the box under the faro table – all…