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Today in history: Alexander Hamilton Lost His Life in the Duel with Aaron Burr in 1804
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The Burr–Hamilton duel took place in Weehawken, New Jersey, between Aaron Burr, the third Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the first and former Secretary of the Treasury, at dawn on July 11, 1804. The duel was the culmination of a bitter rivalry that had developed between both men, who had become high-profile politicians in post-colonial America. In the duel, Burr fatally shot Hamilton in the abdomen, while Hamilton fired into a tree branch above and behind Burr's head. Hamilton was taken back across the Hudson River, and he died the following day in New York.
It's crazy that both of these fellows had actually been in multiple duals before with Hamilton having over a dozen himself! The animosity between these two individuals was obviously quite hostile, and their combined prominence makes the narrative even more remarkable, but truthfully, the story pales in comparison to the ultimate showdown that happened in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.