On this day in 1837 Wild Bill Hickok (James Butler) was born. Hickok was a U.S. Marshall, frontiersman, army scout, gambler and legendary marksman. He was shot [from behind] and killed Aug 2, 1876 while playing poker holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights [known since as the ‘dead man’s hand’]Sunday, May 27, 2007
The "Dead Man's Hand"
On this day in 1837 Wild Bill Hickok (James Butler) was born. Hickok was a U.S. Marshall, frontiersman, army scout, gambler and legendary marksman. He was shot [from behind] and killed Aug 2, 1876 while playing poker holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights [known since as the ‘dead man’s hand’]
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