Wild Bill Hickock
Thursday May 27, 2004
On May 27, 1837, James "Wild Bill" Hickock was born. Wild Bill was best remembered as an American frontiersman and U.S. Marshal. In August of 1876, Wild Bill died while playing a game of poker in a saloon.
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