When Herman Martin Allenbach was born on 4 April 1900, in Matten bei Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Emil Allenbach Sr, was 28 and his mother, Anna Zuercher, was 37. He married Delta Pearl Sayer on 16 November 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1917 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1950. He died on 28 May 1961, in Bishop, Inyo, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, San Diego, California, 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.
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
German and Swiss German: habitational name from any of several places called Allenbach, e.g. in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Compare Allebach , Allenbaugh , and Alumbaugh .
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