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1862
Jul 18
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birthDanzig, Germany ⇓ He was born in Danzig, also called the "Free State of Danzig", in Western Germany, near Poland. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1862 • American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. |
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Age: 24y
1887
Age: 24y
birth of childAnna Lenser Germany ⇓ |
| 1887 • Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs. |
1891
Age: 28y
birth of childOtto Lenser Germany ⇓ |
| 1891 • The Johnstown Inclined Plane opens in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. |
1892
Age: 29y
birth of childPaul G Lenser Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1892 • Homer Plessy (who is black) is arrested for sitting on the whites-only car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson court case. |
1892
Apr 29
Age: 29y
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immigrationNew York, New York, USA ⇓ Albert and Augusta departed from Waldorf, Germany on board the boat "Italia" and arrived at New York on April 29th. With them were their three children, Anna, Otto, and Paul, who was only one month old. Albert was a laborer. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1892 • The General Electric Company is established through the merger of the Thomson-Houston Company and the Edison General Electric Company. |
1895
Mar 16
Age: 32y
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birth of childHenry Frank Lenser Cornplanter, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1895 • Kingstown Lifeboat Disaster: 15 crew are lost when their life-boat capsizes while trying to rescue the crew of the SS Palme off Kingstown (modern Dún Laoghaire) near Dublin, Ireland. |
1895
Apr 21
Age: 32y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Albert G Lenser and Augusta Koschnitski baptize their son at the Evangical Lutheran Church in Oil City. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1895 • The union of Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador begins (ends in 1898). |
1910
Age: 47y
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residenceCornplanter, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Worked as a machinist at a machinist shop. 1 Source ⇓ |
1920
Age: 57y
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residenceCornplanter, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Worked as a machinist in a machinist shop with his son Henry. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • 24 – Conference of London: Leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Italy meet to discuss the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. |
1930
Age: 67y
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residenceCornplanter, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Retired, living only a few houses away from oldest son Paul. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Sergei Eisenstein arrives in Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures; they part ways by October. |
1940
Age: 77y
| 1940 • Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. |
1953
Age: 90y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Albert was living at 1024 West Second Street in Oil City before his death. The house was built in 1900. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1953 • Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda, is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Governor of Uganda. |
1953
Dec 24
Age: 91y
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deathOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Albert died of a heart attack. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1953 • Aldous Huxley first tries the psychedelic hallucinogen mescaline, inspiring his book The Doors of Perception. |