Sunday, August 02, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

1876: Holding what’s now called the “dead man’s hand” of two aces and two eights, James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok is shot from behind by Jack McCall.

1923: President Warren G. Harding dies of a heart attack, sparking rumors that his wife poisoned him to spare one of America’s worst presidents from corruption charges.

1934: German President Paul von Hindenburg dies, allowing Adolf Hitler to gain complete control
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