Billy the Kid Born: America's Most Famous Outlaw
Billy the Kid killed his first man at seventeen and became the most wanted outlaw in the American West before Pat Garrett shot him dead at twenty-one. His brief, violent life during the Lincoln County War transformed him into a folk legend whose myth of youthful rebellion has endured through over a century of books, films, and songs.
November 23, 1859
167 years ago
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