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Sharpshooter Annie Oakley breaks all existing records for women’s trap shooting - March 5th, 1922

This Day in History Class

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Annie Oakley

Annie and her husband travelled all over the us. With buffalo bill's wild west show, but they also followed it to europe on occasion. For instance, one popular stunt involved annie shooting a dime out of butler's outstretched hand or a cigarette from his lips. They performed in london for queen victoria's golden jubilee. And three years later, they performed in berlin for kaiser wilhelm the second,. The last german emperor and king of prussia. Allegedly, the kaiser even volunteered to be in the show, resulting in annie shooting  a cigarette out of his hand. After a train wreck in 19 o, one injured

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