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1895
Mar 16
| 1895 • Grace Chisholm Young becomes the first woman awarded a doctorate at a German university. |
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 • 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. |
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 Jerusalem (1917) begins with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force launching attacks against Ottoman forces in the Judean Hills. |
1920
Age: 24y
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residenceCornplanter, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Worked with his father Albert at a machinist shop. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The United States Bureau of Reclamation begins construction of the Link River Dam as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. |
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 British Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new Constitution of the Irish Free State. |
1925
Sep 24
Age: 30y
birth of childJack Clinger Lenser Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1925 • Colombo Radio launches in Ceylon; the station is subsequently known as Radio Ceylon. |
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 United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty to regulate submarine warfare and limit naval shipbuilding. |
1930
Jan 8
Age: 34y
birth of childLois L Lenser Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1930 • Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest at the British monopoly on salt; more will join them during the Salt March that ends on April 5. |
1940
Age: 44y
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residenceOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Was a clerk at the Quaker State oil refinery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1940 • Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France and immediately asks Germany for peace terms. |
1942
Apr 27
Age: 47y
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militaryOil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ World War II Draft Registration 1 Source ⇓ |
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 • William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain announce the invention of the junction transistor. |
1972
Apr 10
Age: 77y
| 1972 • The International Year of the Book is designated by UNESCO. |