1992 Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, Columbia, South Carolina, sport pistol 1996 Olympics
1988 "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40
1977 JoAnn Sevin, born in Dubois, Pennsylvania, air pistol 1996 Olympics
1976 Rebecca Snyder, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, air pistol 1996 Olympics
1970 Neal Caloia, born in Torrance, California, free pistol 1996 Olympics
1970 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
1968 Roger Mar, born in Seattle, Washington rapid fire pistol 1996 Olympics
1968 Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head
1962 Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996
1960 Greg Derr, Marshfield Massachusetts, free pistol 1996 Olympics
1956 John McNally, Naha Okinawa, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Oly-84, 88, 92, 96
1954 Ben Amonette, Radford, Virginia, free pistol, Olympics-92, 96
1948 "Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star for the Atlanta Hawks
1945 Terry Anderson, born in Sydney NSW Aust, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96
1935 Szilard Kun, born in Hungary, rapid fire pistol, 1952 Olympics silver
1934 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
1897 Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel
1881 Karl Frederick, pistol champ, Olympics gold 1920
1873 French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol
1836 Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
1804 Alexander Hamilton, Sect of Treasury, dies in pistol duel
1804 Alex Hamilton, killed by VP Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken
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