The Weekend Post

March 19 birthdays

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1848 WYATT EARP American frontiersm­an

Earp took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaws. He is often erroneousl­y regarded as the central figure in the shootout, although his brother, Virgil, was the Tombestone City Deputy Marshall.

1905 ALBERT SPEER German Nazi leader

Speer was an architect who served as Minister of Armaments and War

Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years jail at the Nuremberg trials.

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