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He graduated from the Philadelphia High School in 1877, and from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1880, since which date he practiced medicine uninterruptedly except from March 1881, to July, 1882 when he was assistant superintendent of Troy Farm. Played baseball with the Germantown junior team from 1875 to 1881 and played on the University of Pennsylvania team in 1878.
1860
Mar 12
| 1860 • The U.S. Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States. |
1860
Jul 20
Age: 4m
| 1860 • French typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings the French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" to his phonautograph; producing the world's earliest known sound recording (however, it is not rediscovered until 2008). |
1877
Age: 16y
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graduationHe graduated high school. Was playing junior baseball in Pennsylvania: https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/baseball/west-philadelphia 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy. |
1880
Age: 19y
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residencePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ That year he also graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1880 • The SS Columbia, which will be the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, is launched at the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works of John Roach and Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. |
1883
Nov 27
Age: 23y
marriageAdelaide Parmalee Smith Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1883 • Brooklyn Bridge is opened to traffic after 13 years of construction. |
1884
Sep 25
Age: 24y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1884 • Staten Island Academy is founded. |
1891
Jul 10
Age: 31y
birth of childRobert Hicks Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • The London-Paris telephone system is opened to the general public. |
1900
Jun 1
Age: 40y
| 1900 • Australasian prospector Albert Fuller Ellis identifies phosphate deposits on the Pacific Islands of Nauru and Banaba Island (Ocean Island). |
1900
Oct 23
Age: 40y
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birth of childFrederick Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • The Second Boer War: At the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer troops defeat the British Army. |
1906
Jul 31
Age: 46y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen Jr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1906 • The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released. |
1912
Jan 18
Age: 51y
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marriageEmily Fairfield Darling Delaware, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. |
1915
Age: 54y
| 1915 • Battle of Más a Tierra: Off the coast of Chile, the British Royal Navy forces the Imperial German Navy light cruiser SMS Dresden (last survivor of the German East Asia Squadron) to scuttle. |
1920
Age: 59y
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residenceVineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA ⇓ His occupation shows as "physician" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • 25 – Polish–Soviet War: The Red Army is defeated in the Battle of Warsaw. |
1930
Age: 69y
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residenceVineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA ⇓ His occupation is listed as being a "Homeopathic Physician" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • The experimental television station, W9XAP, in Chicago, Illinois, broadcasts the election for the United States Senate, the first time that a senatorial race, with continual tallies of the votes, is televised. |
1940
Age: 79y
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residenceVineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Edwin lists his occupation as a medical doctor in a private practice. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • In Lascaux, France, 17,000-year-old cave paintings are discovered by a group of young Frenchmen hiking through Southern France. The paintings depict animals and date to the Stone Age. |
1941
Mar 20
Age: 81y
| 1941 • WWII: Winston Churchill becomes the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the United States Congress. |