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1895
Mar 16
| 1895 • The huge indemnity exacted from China is used to establish the Yawata Iron and Steel Works. |
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 • Archie MacLaren scores an English County Championship cricket record innings of 424 for Lancashire against Somerset at Taunton. |
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 • WWI: Battle of Cambrai: British forces, using tanks, make early progress in an attack on German positions but are soon beaten back. |
1920
Age: 24y
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residenceCornplanter, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Worked with his father Albert at a machinist shop. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • Syrian National Congress proclaims Syria independent with Faisal I of Iraq as king. |
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 • In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated. |
1925
Sep 24
Age: 30y
birth of childJack Clinger Lenser Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1925 • First Surrealist exhibition in Paris. |
1930
Age: 34y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was a clerk at the Quaker State oil refinery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1930 • The 3M company markets Scotch Tape, invented by Richard Gurley Drew, in the United States. |
1930
Jan 8
Age: 34y
birth of childLois L Lenser Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Chicago Tribune journalist Jake Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts with organized crime. |
1940
Age: 44y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was a clerk at the Quaker State oil refinery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1942
Apr 27
Age: 47y
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militaryOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ World War II Draft Registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • Heinkel test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejection seat. |
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 • King George VI opens London's Royal Festival Hall as a patron. |
1972
Apr 10
Age: 77y
| 1972 • The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan. |