This Day…

1876 – Wild Bill Hickok—a frontiersman, marksman, gambler, and legend of the American West—was murdered in the city of Deadwood, in what is now South Dakota.

1928 – In the first women’s Olympic track event, American sprinter Elizabeth Robinson equals her own world record 12.2s to win 100m gold medal in Amsterdam; Canadians Fanny Rosenfeld & Ethel Smith dead-heat (12.3s)

In 1863, Sam Houston, former president of the Republic of Texas, died in Huntsville at age 70.

1832 – Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by Wyoming’s South Pass

1848 – The Women’s Rights Convention took place in Seneca Fall, NY. Bloomers were introduced at the convention

1886 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Blanche Bingley defeats 2-time defending champion Maud Watson 6–3, 6-3

1941 – Patricia Ann Ragsdale was born. She was loved by her children, but was brokenhearted her entire life.

1946 – “The Adventures of Sam Spade” was heard on ABC radio for the first time

1890 – Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)

1932 – Author Damon Runyon (51) weds Patrice Amati del Grande