*Ø* Blogmanac August 2, 1876 | The Dead Man’s Hand
On August 2, 1876, while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok was shot and killed by Jack McCall who was later tried and hanged on March 1, 1877. The hand that Hickok held at the time he was shot was a pair of eights and a pair of aces. The hand later became known as the "dead man's hand."
On August 2, 1876, while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok was shot and killed by Jack McCall who was later tried and hanged on March 1, 1877. The hand that Hickok held at the time he was shot was a pair of eights and a pair of aces. The hand later became known as the "dead man's hand."
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