{"id":33548,"date":"2017-08-02T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=33548"},"modified":"2017-08-01T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:49:36","slug":"this-day-in-history-wild-bill-hickock-murdered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=33548","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History — Wild Bill Hickock Murdered"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 02<\/h3>\n

1790
\nThe first U.S. census was completed, showing a population of 3,929,214 people.<\/p>\n

1876
\nWild Bill Hickok was murdered in Deadwood, S.D.<\/p>\n

1909
\nThe first Lincoln penny was issued.<\/p>\n

1923
\nWarren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States, died in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

1943
\nPT-109, a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, was sunk off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer.<\/p>\n

1945
\nThe Potsdam Conference, in which Allied leaders planned the postwar governance of Germany, ended.<\/p>\n

1990
\nThe Persian Gulf War broke out when Iraq invaded Kuwait.<\/p>\n

Birthdays<\/h3>\n

Isabel Allende<\/p>\n

1942\u2013,Chilean novelist,.<\/p>\n

Pierre Charles L’Enfant<\/p>\n

soldier, engineer, and architect (1754)<\/p>\n

Elisha Gray<\/p>\n

inventor (1835)<\/p>\n

John Sloan<\/p>\n

artist (1871)<\/p>\n

Myrna Loy<\/p>\n

actress (1905)<\/p>\n

Carroll O’Connor<\/p>\n

actor (1922)<\/p>\n

James Baldwin<\/p>\n

novelist (1924)<\/p>\n

Peter O’Toole<\/p>\n

actor (1932)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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