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Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie a 5' 3" man born on November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, and was an industrial giant for 25 years and was once the richest man in the whole world. Some accomplishments are built the Carnegie Steel Corporation into the largest steel manufacturing company in the world and the football team Pittsburgh Steelers was named after him. -
Invention of football
On November 6, 1869 Walter Camp he made Football as a pass time, entertainment, and exercise for his players. The first game was on November 6, 1869 and became a official sport on November 6, 1869. -
Great Chicago Fire
The great Chicago fire happened on October 8, 1871 at 8:30 p.m. in a barn outside of Chicago. When Catherine was milking a cow it accidentally kicked over a lantern and started the fire but it spread faster than Catherine expected. But the reason it put the whole city in flames is that the city was made of wood and they were preparing for winter and so there was wood everywhere and it lasted for two straight days and ended on October 10, 1871 and killed about 300 people. -
Invention of the car
The car was created for facilitating the transportation of people, enabling them to reach another place more easily. The car was created by Karl Benz and some more inventors, it was made in Germany. -
Building of the statue of liberty
When the French gifted the Americans the statue of liberty and almost wasn't put up because it would cost more than New York could afford but then a newspaper writer named Joseph Pulitzer that made it possible. The designer of the statue of liberty was Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and was built on October 28, 1886. -
Creation of baskeball
On December 21, 1891 James Naismith at YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, he needed something to do for his people in the winter. So he took peach baskets and nailed them to the gym walls, and took a soccer ball and told his people shoot the ball in the basket. -
Modern Olympics
The Modern Olympics were based on the Olympics in 393 AD and started on April 6–15, 1896 and some events include Acrobatic Gymnastics, Alpine Skiing, Archery, Artistic, Gymnastics, Artistic Swimming, and Athletics. The person who had the idea of bringing back the Olympics is Pierre de Coubertin. -
Explosion of the USS Maine
The USS Maine exploded on February 15, 1898 at 9:40 p.m. when it was parked in Havana Harbor. We don't know how it exploded or what exploded it but 266 of the 354 crew members died. -
sinking of the Titanic
On April 14, 1912 in the North Atlantic ocean a 882 foot ship sunk killing 1500 people including the Macy's owner, and the captain. -
Building of the Panama canal
After the war between Spain and Panama, Panama won and then "Teddy" Roosevelt asked Panama if we could finish what the French started. Then they said sure so they started building the Panama canal on 1903 and took them 11 years to build then on August 15, 1914.