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1895
Mar 16
| 1895 • A major earthquake occurs in the New Madrid Seismic Zone of the midwestern United States, the last to date. |
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 • Félix Faure is elected President of French Republic after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. |
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 U.S. government releases the text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. |
1920
Age: 24y
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residenceCornplanter, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Worked with his father Albert at a machinist shop. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara. It denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution. |
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 • The Ottoman Empire is abolished and its last sultan Mehmed VI, abdicates. |
1925
Sep 24
Age: 30y
birth of childJack Clinger Lenser Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1925 • The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is completed and goes on line. |
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Age: 34y
1930
Age: 34y
birth of childLois Lenser |
| 1930 • The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers. This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast. |
1930
Age: 34y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was a clerk at the Quaker State oil refinery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1930 • Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft, and also the first cow to be milked in an aeroplane. |
1940
Age: 44y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was a clerk at the Quaker State oil refinery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: Operation Compass – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive with an attack on Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt. |
1942
Apr 27
Age: 47y
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militaryOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ World War II Draft Registration 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1942 • WWII: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands. |
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 • The most complete recording of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess made until then, a 3-LP Columbia Masterworks Records 129-minute album in mono, is released to great critical acclaim. |
1972
Apr 10
Age: 77y
| 1972 • The first Boston Marathon in which women are officially allowed to compete. |