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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 06:40 AM Aug 2023

On this day, August 13, 1860, sharpshooter and media sensation Annie Oakley was born. [View all]

A sharpshooter & media sensation Annie Oakley was #BornOnThisDay, August 13, 1860. Remembered for shooting a cigar out from her husband's lips, as well as her adapted story "Annie Get Your Gun", for stage & films. Passed in 1926 (age 66) from pernicious anemia #RIP #GoneTooSoon







Yeah, it's a stretch.



Annie Get Your Gun- Anything you can do I can do better

Lilithip

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Directors: George Sidney, Busby Berkeley, Actors: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Composer: Irving Berlin



Betty Hutton sings "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun"

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Betty Hutton performs the musical number "You can't get a man with a gun" from the 1950 movie "Annie Get Your Gun".

Sun Aug 14, 2022: On August 13, 1860, sharpshooter and media sensation Annie Oakley was born.
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