May is a great month for birthdays to celebrate icons of the west—both human and major events--so let's bake a cake.
This year, we'd have put 180 candles on the birthday cake of James Butler “Wild Bill Hickok", who was born on May 27, 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinois.
We'd have had 132 candles for George “Gabby” Hayes, who was born on May 7, 1885.
One of America's greatest Olympic stars,
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