The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army was established as the East London Christian Mission on July 2, 1865. The mission was created by Methodist minister William Booth and his wife Catherine.
The Salvation Army was established as the East London Christian Mission on July 2, 1865. The mission was created by Methodist minister William Booth and his wife Catherine.
Inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick died on May 13, 1884, in Chicago, Illinois.
Nurse and social reformer Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
On May 10, 1908, the first official Mother’s Day celebration was held in Grafton, West Virginia.
The first king of the Kingdom Hawaii, King Kamehameha I, is believed to have died on May 8, 1819.
On January 16, 1786, Virginia enacted Thomas Jefferson’s Statute for Religious Freedom.
On October 9, 1825, the sloop Restauration arrived in the United States, marking what is often considered the first organized emigration from Norway to the U.S.
On October 1, 1851, the legendary Hawaiian Missionaries were first placed on sale.
Writer Thomas Stearns Eliot was born on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri.