Inventor Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine in England.
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The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
The first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' the second book in the series, was published by Bloomsbury in the UK.
Charles J. Guiteau shot US President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C.
Martin Luther was almost struck by lightning and became a monk.
