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Year 44 (XLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crispus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 797 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 44 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Empire[link]

• Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus and Titus Statilius Taurus become Roman consuls.
• The emperor Claudius returns from his British campaign in triumph, the southeast part of Britannia now held by the Roman Empire, but the war will rage for another decade and a half.
• Boudicca marries Prasutagus, king of the British Celtic tribe the Iceni.
• Mauretania becomes a Roman province.
• The Isle of Rhodes returns to the Roman Empire.
• Judaea is controlled by Roman governors.
• Cuspius Fadus, governor of Judea (44–46), suppress the revolt of Theudas who is decapitated.

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Arts and sciences[link]

• Pomponius Mela writes De situ orbis, a geography of the Earth.

Births[link]

• Jacob (Lost) and Man in Black (Lost) were born on an island in the South Pacific Ocean.

Deaths[link]

• Saint James the Great (martyrdom)
• Agrippa I of Judea
• Claudia Julia, executed niece of Claudius and Messalina (43–45)
• Wu Han, general of Han Dynasty

References[link]

Jerry Miculek is a speed shooter and competition shooting instructor.^[1] He is renowned as one of the fastest revolver shooters in the world, emptying a five-shot revolver in 0.57 seconds in a group the size of a playing card.^{[citation needed]} Miculek currently holds five world records in exhibition revolver shooting.^{[citation needed]} He is married to Kay Clark Miculek, herself an accomplished shooter, holding numerous national and world titles.

In addition, Miculek is an experienced gunsmith who tunes and adjusts his own revolvers for optimum function.

He is endorsed by Smith & Wesson, who created the S&W Model 625JM model in honor of him.

An avid shooter, Jerry holds numerous national and world shooting titles:^{[citation needed]}

• Seven time USPSA 3-Gun National Championship
• Four time USPSA Multi-gun National Championship
• Four time 2nd Chance Bowling Pin Champion
• 1997 and 2007 American Handgunner World Shoot-Off Champion (The only person ever to win this title with a revolver.)
• Nineteen time International Revolver Champion
• Member of seven time winning pro team at the Sportsmans Team Challenge
• Eight time USPSA National Revolver Champion
• Three time Masters International Long Gun Champion
• Two time International Practical Shooting Confederation World Revolver Champion
• Ten time IDPA Enhanced Service Revolver Champion
• One time Bianchi Cup NRA World Action Pistol Metallic Champion

World records held[link]

Miculek also demonstrated the ability to fire five shots from a revolver on target with a S&W Model 64 ported barrel revolver in 0.57 seconds on September 25, 2003. This nearly matches the record held by Ed McGivern of 0.45 sec (first shot on 9/13/1932, reproduced 4 times on 12/8/1932). Originally recorded as "two-fifths of a second", the resolution of the timing equipment in 1932 was only 1/20th of a second, so the actual figure could have been anywhere between 0.40 and 0.45 seconds.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

• Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting, Ed McGivern, 1938^{[Full citation needed]}
• Petty, Charles E. (2004). "How fast is fast? Gentleman Jerry Miculek tackles McGivern's record". American Handgunner July–August. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BTT/is_170_28/ai_n6040335. 
• Ayoob, Massad (2002). "The "Miculek special": once you have a .45 ACP revolver, you'll wonder how you got along without one. Here's the newest option - S&W Performance Center 625". Guns Magazine September. http://www.gunsmagazine.com/. The "Miculek special" article in Findarticles.com

External links[link]

• Jerrymiculek.com Official Site
• Bang Incorporated, his company
• Video clip of Jerry Miculek setting his records. on YouTube