On This Day In History – August 3rd

Sex torture with Rick James, not Tanya Harding, Wild Bill dead in the head, JFK vs a Japanese destroyer, and some weird science science.

146 years ago - In 1876, "Wild Bill" Hickok was shot in the head from behind and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. He was holding pairs of Aces and Eights . . . which has since been known at poker tables everywhere as "The Dead Man's Hand".

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99 years ago - In 1923, Warren G. Harding became the sixth U.S. president to die in office. He died from a heart attack and was replaced by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge. There have only been eight presidents to die in office, and four of those were assassinated.  Tonya Harding is not his grand daughter.

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79 years ago - In 1943, Navy Lieutenant John F. Kennedy rescued members of his crew when their boat, PT-109, was sawed in half by a Japanese destroyer.

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37 years ago - In 1985, "Weird Science" hit theaters, starring Kelly LeBrock as a perfect woman brought to life by two high school computer nerds.

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31 years ago - In 1991, Rick James was arrested in Los Angeles, and Charged with the Sexual Torture of a 24-year-old woman who said he burned her with the hot end of a crack pipe.

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