When Ernest George Lengel was born on 24 December 1900, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Elias Frederick Lengel, was 26 and his mother, Sophia Pfeiffer, was 22. He married Sarah Lucinda King on 23 October 1922, in Harris, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 16 May 1955, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Americanized form of Hungarian Lengyel .
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