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Great fire of Chicago
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 -
camera
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. -
invention of basketball
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.