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Events on Saturday 19 May 1883 1
1883Buffalo Bill's Wild West show debutsTraveling exhibition popularizes the American frontierWilliam "Buffalo Bill" Cody staged the first performance of his Wild West show on 19 May in North Platte, Nebraska. The show toured for decades and shaped popular images of cowboys, Native Americans, and the frontier worldwide.