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1984 Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65

1977 Jayme Dickman, South Bend, Indiana, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics

1974 Nancy Napolski, Hinsdale Idaho, air rifle 1996 Olympics

1973 U.S. performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle, Colorado

1972 Jean Foster, Columbus Georgia, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics

1968 Ken Johnson, Quincy Massachusetts, 3x40 rifle 1996 Olympics

1966 Rob Harbison, born in Fallston, Maryland, 3x40 rifle, Olympics-6th-1996

1966 Eric Uptagrafft, Spokane, Washington prone rifle 1996 Olympics

1963 Elizabeth Bourland, born in Costa Rica, U.S. 3x20 rifle, Olympics-7th-1996

1961 Jean-Francois Senecal, born in Laval, Quebec, rifle shooter, Olympics-3-92, 96

1959 Michel Dion, born in Quebec City, Canada, Rifle shooter, Olympics-24-92, 96

1959 Glenn Dubis, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. 3x40 rifle, Olympics-1984, 88, 96

1958 Robert Foth, born in Buffalo, New York, air rifle, Olympics-1988, 92, 96

1957 Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland New Zealand, Smallbore rifle 1996 Olympics

1954 Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics

1953 Bill Meek, Upland, Pennsylvania, prone rifle, Olympics-8th-1996

1946 Ho-Jun Li, Korea PR, rifle, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics

1942 Margaret Murdock, U.S., small bore rifle, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics

1926 John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle

1901 [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet, Flowering Rifle

1874 1st Grand International Rifle match held

1871 National Rifle Association organized in New York City

1840 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor, automatic single-barrel rifle

1810 Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker, Winchester


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