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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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The Life of Annie Oakley

Some sources claim annie hit all 100 targets that day, but whether it was 98 or the full 100, it was better than any woman had ever done in the history of the sport. Annie fractured her hip and ankle and had to wear a leg brace for the next four years. In 19 26, she and her husband moved back to ohio, and on november third that year, annie passed away from pernicious anemia aged 66.

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