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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1002357" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><em><strong>On this day, 2 August 1876, is know as <span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0063a5">DEAD MAN’S HAND DAY.</span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0063a5"></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0063a5"></span><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Wild Bill (James Butler) Hickok was gunned down by Jack McCall, a desperado from Texas, in Saloon #10 at Deadwood, in </span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">the Dakota Territory on this day in 1876.</span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Hickok was playing poker (with his back to the door) at the time of the shooting. </span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">McCall shot Wild Bill in the back, and was hanged for the shooting, never revealing his motive.</span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></strong></em><strong><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><strong>The poker hand Hickok was holding when he died consisted of a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights. </strong></em></span></span></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><strong>This combination became known as the dead man’s hand.</strong></em></span></span></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></em></strong><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><span style="color: #0063a5"></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0063a5"></span></span></strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 1002357, member: 38206"] [I][B]On this day, 2 August 1876, is know as [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0063a5]DEAD MAN’S HAND DAY. [/COLOR][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Wild Bill (James Butler) Hickok was gunned down by Jack McCall, a desperado from Texas, in Saloon #10 at Deadwood, in the Dakota Territory on this day in 1876. Hickok was playing poker (with his back to the door) at the time of the shooting. McCall shot Wild Bill in the back, and was hanged for the shooting, never revealing his motive. [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/I][B][I][SIZE=4][FONT=arial][SIZE=2][I][B]The poker hand Hickok was holding when he died consisted of a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights. This combination became known as the dead man’s hand.[/B][/I] [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/I][/B][I][B][SIZE=4][FONT=arial][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#0063a5] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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