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In 1989, the Longest Cab Ride Ever occurred: 14,000 miles at a cost of $16,000. In 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. In 2004, Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. In 2006, the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was purposely sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to create an artificial reef. In 2020, Barack Obama criticized the U.S. government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during an online address to graduates, charging GOP officials "aren't even pretending to be in charge.” On May 17, 1895, the longest U.S...

May 3, in history: In 1469, Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian politician, writer, historian and philosopher, was born. The renaissance diplomat is best known for his 1513 treatise, "The Prince," in which an “ends justify the means” idea of politics employs being sneaky, cunning, and having no moral code. Today he is often called the father of modern political philosophy. In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city. In 1921, West Virginia imposed the first State Sales Tax. In 1937, Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 1952, the first la...

True West Magazine A formal portrait of Nicholas Earp and his second wife, Virginia (“Ginny”) Ann Cooksey Earp, c 1880 to 1899 – True West Archives – Warren Rutherford ( Phoenix, Arizona) Nicholas Earp and his first wife, Abigail Storm, had two children; one was a son they named Newton. Abigail died when Newton was only two. Newton’s sister Mariah Ann passed two months after his mother at the tender age of 10 months. Nicholas’ second wife, Virginia “Ginny,” bore him eight children, including five boys: James, Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan and Warren. Of Nicholas and Ginny’s five boy...

True West Magazine Wyatt Earp in Hollywood   What do you want to know? Did Wyatt Earp actually hob-knob with western stars? Did he in fact meet John Wayne? How wild was the last Mrs. Wyatt Earp, and did she pose semi-nude? Who actually made Wyatt Earp famous, and why couldn’t he sell his own story? Did Wyatt Earp actually kill Johnny Ringo?     Join True West Magazine on March 17th at 5:30pm Pacific Time/6:30pm Mountain Time for 30 Minutes with Bob Boze Bell on Facebook LIVE at https://fb.me/e/K4iwDo81 or on YouTube LIVE at https://youtu.be/4e_J1mRa9HU.

True West Magazine Jim Flynn   Shortly after the fatal shooting of Tombstone Town Marshal, Fred White by Curly Bill Brocius on October 30 th, 1880, Virgil Earp was appointed town marshal. An election was held on November 12 th. Jim Flynn, Virgil Earp and Ben Sippy ran for marshal. Sippy defeated Earp 311 votes to 250. Flynn dropped out of the race to go into business at the Cosmopolitan Saloon. Sippy defeated Virgil again in the regular election on January 4 th but skipped town in June and Virgil was appointed marshal. He and his deputies including Flynn did an outstanding job keeping the pe...