When Charles Willet Maloy was born on 4 March 1884, in La Moille, Bureau, Illinois, United States, his father, John Quiller Maloy, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Bonnell, was 25. He died on 2 January 1946, in Dixon, Lee, Illinois, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in La Moille, Bureau, Illinois, United States.
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The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Irish: variant of Molloy .
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