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Mckinley was Assassinated.
Mckinley was shot twice by Leon Cnolgosz in the chest.Mckinley
told his body guards not to tackle the assailant.Leon killed him
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The Building of the Panama Canal.
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean.
It was finished on August 15,1914, but there is further construction on it that will be finished in 2016.They built it because it would take days instead of months for the people in the ships to travel between the oceans. -
The Wright Brothers First Flight.
The Wright Brothers first powered airplane flight was in Kitty Halk,North Carolina.The flight took 59 seconds and went 852 feet. -
The Model T is Built.
The Model T was built at Ford Motor Company in Detroit ,Michgan.Ford would build 15 million Model T cars in 19 years.It was one of the first cars that some Americans could afford. -
The Messina Earthquake Happens.
The Messina Earthquake registered a magnitude of 7.1.The cites of Messina and Reggio Calabria were almost completely destroyed.There were between 75,000 and 200,000 people that died.And it was in Italy.
