Today in History: October 26, Shootout at the O.K. Corral

Left image: Frontier lawman and U.S. Marshall Wyatt Earp posed for this portrait photo in 1881, after the infamous gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, at the O.K. Corral with the Clanton gang. (AP Photo)
Right image: Doc Holliday, ex-dentist and western gunfighter, is shown in a portrait made after the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881, in which he fought alongside Marshall Wyatt Earp in the shootout with the Clanton gang. (AP Photo)

On October 26th, 1881, four lawmen, including Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, exchanged gunfire with five outlaws, killing three of them, at the “Shootout at the O.K. Corral” in Tombstone, Arizona.

Two movies with different casts told the story. One titled “Shootout at the O.K. Corral” the other titled “Tombstone.” Both are fun to watch.

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