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Paul graduated in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was chemist for the Atlantic Refining Co. for a number of years until at the age of twenty-three, in company with his brother Isaac, he went prospecting in Wyoming where he was blinded by dynamite.
1875
Mar 20
| 1875 • The opening of Flushing High School. |
1899
Age: 23y
occupationPennsylvania, USA ⇓ He worked for the Atlantic Refining Co. as a chemist until he was twenty three years old, having previously graduated in chemistry from the University of Pennsylavania. While later prospecting with his brother Isaac in Wyoming, he would be blinded by dynamite around the age of twenty five or twenty six. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1899 • Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, the first Association football club in Iceland, is established in the island's capital, Reykjavík. |
1901
Age: 25y
occupationHim and his wife started a poultry business, and by 1927 they had 2000 birds. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair. |
1901
Mar 26
Age: 26y
marriageLavinia Pearce Woodbury, New Jersey, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1901 • The okapi is observed for the first time (previously known only to local natives). |
1905
Age: 29y
residenceCumberland County, New Jersey, USA ⇓ He is living with his brother Isaac's family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1905 • Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles..., in which he explains Brownian motion. In the course of the year, Einstein publishes four papers, formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year". |
1910
Apr 28
Age: 35y
| 1910 • Montenegro is proclaimed an independent kingdom under Nicholas I. |
1915
Age: 39y
| 1915 • Lyda Conley, the first American Indian woman to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States as a lawyer, is admitted to practice there.“Washington, Oct. 25.” The New York Times, 26 October 1915. |
1917
Age: 41y
| 1917 • WWI: Anzac Mounted Division's occupies Jaffa following their victory at the Battle of Ayun Kara. |
1920
Age: 44y
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residenceFranklin, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Paul is a Poultry Farmer 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1920 • The United Kingdom cedes its brief control of the key Black Sea port of Batum to the Democratic Republic of Georgia. |
1930
Apr 2
Age: 55y
| 1930 • BBC Radio from London reports on this day that "There is no news". |
1940
Age: 64y
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residenceFranklin Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Paul's marital status shows single as of 1940 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1940 • WWII: Winston Churchill, in a broadcast address to the people of Italy, blames Benito Mussolini for leading his nation to war against the British, contrary to Italy's historic friendship with them: "One man has arrayed the trustees and inheritors of ancient Rome upon the side of the ferocious pagan barbarians." |