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FIRST TV WESTERN FOR ADULTS!

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Hugh O’Brian as Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp was the first western television series 
written for adults, premiering on ABC four days before Gunsmoke on
September 6, 1955 and aired until June 27, 1961.

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FAMOUS DENTIST BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1851

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     John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887)

Holliday was a gambler, gunfighter, and dentist of the American Old West
who is usually remembered for his friendship with lawman Wyatt Earp and
his  involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, October 26, 1881, in
Tombstone
, Arizona Territory.

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            Doc Holliday’s Actual Dental Bag

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Camille Bohannon

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