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William was the 27th president, William was 72 years old when he dies. he died by a heart failure.
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the salvation army stared July 2, 1865. it is a Protestant Christian church and international charitable organization.
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the wright brothers built the first working airplane in the world. they started building the plane in December 17, 1903. after the finished building the plane the drove the plane for 53 sec.
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they don't know how the fire stared but they think a cow kicked over a lantern or maybe because everything was made out of wood at that point. it destroyed over 2 million dollars of work. and it killed over 250 to 300 people
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Thomas Eddison made the light bulb; Eddison had a great idea to invent the light bulb on October 1879.Carbonized bamboo filament was the first ever light bulb to be made by Heinrich Gobel. before Eddison made the light bulb that we have today they used to use gas light.
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the flood happened on May 31, 1889. there was a heavy rain fall that day and the dam in Pennsylvania broke. it destroyed the town and family home. the flood killed 2,208 people and cost 17,000,000 in damage.
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James Naismith had a great idea and invented the sport basketball. basketball was invented in December 1891. James wanted to create a sport that kids could play inside when it was cold outside or too warm to play.
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Baron Pierre de Coubertin started the Morden Olympics. it started in 1896 in Athens.
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the earthquake started April 18, 1906. it trigged by the San andrenas fault, and it went 800 miles through California. 3,00 people died during this earthquake.
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the titanic sank on April 15, 1912, the titanic sank by a ice berg that it hit. 1,500 people died. and the ship sank up words.