Annie Oakley was born on this day in 1860. If you think the recent Olympic shooting was good, you should have seen this girl. 'Little Miss Sureshot' could hit the thin edge of a playing card at 30 paces. Nobody messed with Annie!
In other news ...
... and 28 years later, John Logie Baird was born. The Scots are famous inventors and none more so than this bloke. Having designed the world's first television set, he then went on to star in one of the small screen's most lovable cartoon series. For legal reasons, of course, the name had to be changed slightly, so somebody in Head Office came out with the name Yogi Bear.
They kept in character, though, because he certainly was smarter than the average bear; or human being, come to think of it!
