On This Day in Weird, October 26....
1881: A nod to the non-cryptic Wild West this morning, on
the 133rd anniversary of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Four notorious "fighting pimps"—the Earp brothers and tubercular Doc
Holliday—shoot it out with rival outlaws from the Clanton gang, killing four,
while suffering some minor wounds themselves. As usual in U.S. history, the
event is shrouded in fable: it did not occur at the O.K. Corral, and was not
the triumph for "law and order" presented by later Hollywood myth
makers.
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