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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 • Piedmontese forces invade the Papal States, hoping to link up with Garibaldi in Naples. |
1860
Jul 20
Age: 4m
| 1860 • Battle of Guayaquil: Ecuadorian forces led by Juan José Flores and Gabriel García Moreno take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief Guillermo Franco, who is backed by Peruvian forces. |
1877
Age: 16y
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graduationHe graduated high school. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1877 • 11 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is held. |
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 • A big earthquake struck Zagreb and demolished everything including the Zagreb Cathedral. |
1883
Nov 27
Age: 23y
marriageAdelaide Parmalee Smith Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1883 • The first vaudeville theater is opened, in Boston, Massachusetts. |
1884
Sep 25
Age: 24y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1884 • The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins (ends on January 26, 1885). |
1891
Jul 10
Age: 31y
birth of childRobert Hicks Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1891 • First long-distance transmission of alternating current by the Ames power plant near Telluride, Colorado, by Lucien and Paul Nunn. |
1900
Jun 1
Age: 40y
| 1900 • Botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's Laws of Heredity. |
1900
Oct 23
Age: 40y
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birth of childFrederick Van Deusen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1900 • Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé. |
1906
Jul 31
Age: 46y
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birth of childEdwin Parmalee Van Deusen Jr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1906 • Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. |
1912
Jan 18
Age: 51y
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marriageEmily Fairfield Darling Delaware, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1912 • Carl Laemmle founds Universal Studios as the Universal Film and Manufacturing Company in the United States. |
1915
Age: 54y
| 1915 • The steamer Eastland capsizes in central Chicago, with the loss of 844 lives. |
1920
Age: 59y
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residenceVineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA ⇓ His occupation shows as "physician" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty: The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic recognizes independent Lithuania. |
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 Lapua Movement marches in Helsinki, Finland. |
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 • First free flight of Igor Sikorsky's Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter. |
1941
Mar 20
Age: 81y
| 1941 • The Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire is published in Japanese evening newspapers but not formally delivered to the U.S. until the following day. Canada declares war on Japan. |