dueling

     

As practise from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies, a duel was and is an engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with their combat doctrines. In the modern application the term is applied to air combat between fighter pilots.

Trivia about dueling

  • In 1839, 35 years after Alexander Hamilton died, Congress made this illegal in the District of Columbia
  • Ah will not sully mah hand in this barbaric practice that resulted in Button Gwinnett's 1777 death! Good day, suh!

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