1992 Birthday Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, Columbia, South Carolina, sport pistol 1996 Olympics 1988 Death "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40 1977 Birthday JoAnn Sevin, born in Dubois, Pennsylvania, air pistol 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Rebecca Snyder, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, air pistol 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Neal Caloia, born in Torrance, California, free pistol 1996 Olympics 1970 Event LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause 1968 Birthday Roger Mar, born in Seattle, Washington rapid fire pistol 1996 Olympics 1968 Event Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head 1962 Birthday Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996 1960 Birthday Greg Derr, Marshfield Massachusetts, free pistol 1996 Olympics 1956 Birthday John McNally, Naha Okinawa, U.S. rapid fire pistol, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1954 Birthday Ben Amonette, born in Radford, Virginia, free pistol, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1948 Birthday "Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star for the Atlanta Hawks 1945 Birthday Terry Anderson, born in Sydney, Australia, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Olympic-80, 96 1935 Birthday Szilard Kun, born in Hungary, rapid fire pistol, 1952 Olympics silver 1934 Event John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol 1897 Event Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel 1881 Birthday Karl Frederick, pistol champ, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics 1873 Event French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol 1836 Event Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model 1804 Death Alexander Hamilton, Sect of Treasury, dies in pistol duel 1804 Death Alex Hamilton, killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken
