When William Carl Mathesie was born on 5 July 1900, in Evansville, Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, his father, John H Mathesie, was 35 and his mother, Kaththinka ‘Kate‘ Boemle, was 31. He lived in Huntingburg, Patoka Township, Dubois, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 8 July 1979, in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Evansville, Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1912: Pinellas, Florida, United States
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
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