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The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was an event of legendary proportion which has been portrayed in numerous Western films. The actual event occurred on October 26, 1881, in a vacant lot, known as lot 2, in block 17, behind the corral, in Tombstone, Arizona (a corral is like a livery stable ; the analogous location in Denver was called the Elephant Corral). Thirty shots were fired in thirty seconds.

Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury are buried in Boot Hill Cemetery, Tombstone, Arizona

After the gunfight, the Earps and Holliday were tried and acquitted. However, one of Wyatt's brothers was assassinated and the other was severely wounded, becoming crippled in the left arm. After these incidents, Wyatt, accompanied by Doc, undertook a vendetta in which they tracked down and killed the men whom they believed had been responsible for these acts against Wyatt's brothers. After their vendetta, Wyatt and Doc parted company. Soon after, Doc died of tuberculosis.

An episode of Discovery ChannelImage use policy Discovery Channel is an American cable TV network that has a variety of science programming, particularly documentaries and nature shows. Discovery Channel went on the air in 1984 and is owned by Discovery Communications, which also owns's Unsolved History uses modern technology to reenact the incident concluding that this was a misuse of police power, although the issue has been hotly debated over the years.

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• Frontier Marshal (1939)
• Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942)
• My Darling ClementineMy Darling Clementine is a 1946 western film which tells the story of the Gunfight at the O. Corral between the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang. It stars Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Ward Bond, Alan (1946)
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) ( televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
• (1966)
• Hour of the Gun (1967)
• Doc (1971)
• Tombstone (1993)
• Wyatt Earp (1994)

In " Spectre of the GunThe Spectre of the Gun is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series first broadcast on October 25, 1968. It is episode #56, and was written by Lee Cronin, directed by Vincent McEveety. Quick Overview For having tresspassed on an alien world", an episode of Star Trek, aliens placed the crew in the roles of several of the Claiborne-McLowry-Clanton gunmen in a surreal recreation of the gunfight to execute them. They however manage to survive with a minimum of violence.