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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opens in London

9th May 2022
Tagged as: America, American West, Britain, Cowboy, Theatre, USA, Wild West

On the 9^th May 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American Exhibition in West Brompton.

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3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford

3rd April 2022
Tagged as: America, Cowboy, Crime, Criminal, Jesse James, Murder, Robbery, Train, USA, Wild West

As James stood on a chair and turned to clean a dirty picture frame in his house, Robert Ford shot him in the back of the head from virtually point-blank range.

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20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War

20th September 2021
Tagged as: Brazil, Civil War, Cowboy, Garibaldi, Independence, Ragamuffic, Rebellion

The Ragamuffin War began when Brazilian rebels in the southern province of Rio Grande do Sul captured Porto Alegre.

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26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt Earp

26th October 2020
Tagged as: Arizone, Cowboy, Firearms, Guns, Tombstone, United States, USA, Wild West

The gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place between the Earp brothers and a gang of outlaws in Tombstone, Arizona.

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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opens in London

3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford

20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War

26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt Earp

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR

5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales

4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time

3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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