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Helena immigrated from Germany to New York City in 1883 with only one suitcase. She struggled to find work in New York, and was told jobs were available in Chicago. She moved to Chicago and found work ironing, and met her future husband Frederic Gartner.
1863
Oct 30
| 1863 • 17-year-old Prince Wilhelm George of Denmark is elected by the Hellenic Parliament as George, King of the Hellenes; he will reign in Greece for fifty years. He arrives in Athens on October 30 to take the throne. |
1863
Oct 31
Age: 1d
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Age: 19y
1883
Age: 19y
| 1883 • An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. |
1885
Dec 9
Age: 22y
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marriageFrederic Gartner Cook County, Illinois, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1885 • The first public train departs Swanage railway station on the newly built Swanage Railway in England. |
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Age: 22y
1886
Age: 22y
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birth of childCharles William Gartner Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1886 • A general strike begins in the United States, which escalates into the Haymarket Riot and eventually wins the eight-hour day for workers. |
1887
Dec 21
Age: 24y
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birth of childMargarita Gretchen Gartner Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1887 • Results of the Michelson-Morley experiment are published, indicating that the speed of light is independent of motion. |
1900
Jun 12
Age: 36y
| 1900 • The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the Imperial German Navy |
1910
Age: 46y
| 1910 • The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor Charles Ogle as the monster. |
1920
Jan 15
Age: 56y
1951
Oct 22
Age: 87y
| 1951 • The Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition, a gathering of a number of notable artists, marks the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School. |
1951
Oct 24
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burialSeattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ Buried in Calvary Cemetery. |
| 1951 • Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War. |