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   [1]Tomorrow:
   May 16

   1771: Brit. def. Americans, Alemance, N.C.

   1777: McIntosh duels Gwinnett,
   [2]For  months,  animosity  between  Gen.  Lachlan McIntosh and former
   Council  of  Safety  president  Button  Gwinnett  had  been growing --
   especially when Gwinnett in March had ordered the arrest of McIntosh's
   brother for treason (at the request of the Continental Congress). Both
   the  general  and  Gwinnett  had been involved in a failed invasion of
   British   Florida,  and  each  blamed  the  other.  When  the  Georgia
   legislature  cleared Gwinnett of responsibility, McIntosh responded by
   calling  Gwinnett "a Scoundrell & lying Rascal." The result was a duel
   on  May  16  outside  of  Savannah.  At  close range, both fired their
   pistols  at  the same time, each striking the other. McIntosh's bullet
   shattered  Gwinnett's  thigh, producing a wound that would prove fatal
   days later.

References

   1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
   2. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may16.htm
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