2013 Event Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle bearing his name, dies at his home in the city of Izhevsk at the age of 94 1984 Death Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65 1977 Birthday Jayme Dickman, South Bend, Indiana, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Nancy Napolski, Hinsdale Idaho, air rifle 1996 Olympics 1973 Event U.S. performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle, Colorado 1972 Birthday Jean Foster, Columbus Georgia, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Ken Johnson, Quincy Massachusetts, 3x40 rifle 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Rob Harbison, born in Fallston, Maryland, 3x40 rifle, Olympics-6th-1996 1966 Birthday Eric Uptagrafft, Spokane, Washington prone rifle 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Elizabeth Bourland, born in Costa Rica, U.S. 3x20 rifle, Olympics-7th-1996 1961 Birthday Jean-Francois Senecal, born in Laval, Quebec, rifle shooter, Olympics-3-92, 96 1959 Birthday Michel Dion, born in Quebec City, Canada, Rifle shooter, Olympics-24-92, 96 1959 Birthday Glenn Dubis, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. 3x40 rifle, Olympics-1984, 88, 96 1958 Birthday Robert Foth, born in Buffalo, New York, air rifle, Olympics-1988, 92, 96 1957 Birthday Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland New Zealand, Smallbore rifle 1996 Olympics 1954 Birthday Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics 1946 Birthday Ho-Jun Li, Korea PR, rifle, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1942 Birthday Margaret Murdock, U.S., small bore rifle, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics 1926 Event John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle 1901 Birthday [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet, Flowering Rifle 1874 Event 1st Grand International Rifle match held 1871 Event National Rifle Association organized in New York City 1840 Birthday Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor, automatic single-barrel rifle 1810 Birthday Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker, Winchester
