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1895
Mar 16
| 1895 • The gold reserve of the U.S. Treasury is saved when J. P. Morgan and the Rothschilds loan $65 million worth of gold to the United States government. |
1895
Apr 21
Age: 1m
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baptismOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was baptized "Heinrich Franz Lenser" at Good Hope church. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1895 • Gongche Shangshu movement: Thousands of Beijing scholars and citizens protest against the Treaty of Shimonoseki. |
1917
Age: 21y
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militaryVenango County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ During World War 1, he worked under base hospital 57, which served in France. The photo is of base Hospital No. 57, which "took over a large school building and functioned...as a part of the Paris district. There the normal bed capacity of the hospital was 1,800, distributed in 75 wards; but during October, 1918, as many as 2,000 sick and wounded were in the hospital." The draft notes that he was drafted in 1917, and starting in 1918, he served in the army at the medical department in an "Evac hospital". Base Hospital 57 "sailed from Brest, France, August 13, 1919, and arrived in the United States August 22, 1919, aboard the KaiserineAugusta Victoria, and was demobilized shortly afterwards." 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1917 • The True Jesus Church is established in Beijing. |
1920
Age: 24y
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residenceCornplanter, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Worked with his father Albert at a machinist shop. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The United States Bureau of Reclamation begins construction of the Link River Dam as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. |
1922
Sep
Age: 27y
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marriageHelen Louise Clinger Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ After their marriage, they moved to 12 Pearl Avenue, Oil City. The house was built in 1900. |
| 1922 • Ulysses, by James Joyce, is published in Paris on his 40th birthday by Sylvia Beach. |
1925
Sep 24
Age: 30y
birth of childJack Clinger Lenser Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1925 • Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. |
1930
Age: 34y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was a clerk at the Quaker State oil refinery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1930 • A "Jake paralysis" outbreak occurs in the United States resulting from adulterated Jamaica ginger sold as an alcohol substitute during Prohibition. |
1930
Jan 8
Age: 34y
birth of childLois L Lenser Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Warner Bros. in the United States release their first cartoon series called Looney Tunes which runs until 1969. |
1940
Age: 44y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was a clerk at the Quaker State oil refinery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1940 • Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declares that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy." |
1942
Apr 27
Age: 47y
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militaryOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ World War II Draft Registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • WWII: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) is signed into law. |
1951
Apr 23
Age: 56y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Henry and Helen are living at 124 East Seventh St. in Oil City 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1951 • Farouk of Egypt declares himself king of Sudan, with no support. |
1972
Apr 10
Age: 77y
| 1972 • The first female FBI agents are hired. |