100 - Annetta Thomasson - Oklahoma City, OK
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N 35° 36.305 W 097° 29.606
14S E 636462 N 3941192
Annetta Thomasson is born in 1896, the same year that John Philip Sousa composes his magnum opus, the Stars and Stripes Forever, on Christmas Day.
Waymark Code: WMDEZJ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2012
Views: 6
8-12-1896 - 1-3-1997
The final resting place of Annetta Thomasson is at the west side of Memorial Park Cemetery, just east of the main entrance. Hers is a dark colored marker, with gold colored leaves etched into the top and bottom. A bible is between the years of her birth and her death.
She is laid to rest next to:
Ray Emmitt Thomasson
Beloved Husband and Father
(no dates listed)
Her headstone reads:
Annetta Thomasson
Beloved Wife and Mother
Aug. 12, 1896
Jan. 3, 1997
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Annetta's lifetime:
1896: An earthquake and tsunami in Sanriku, Japan, kills 27,000
1906: The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, is manufactured
1916: The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled
1926: Treaty of Berlin: Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years
1936: The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman Super Chief passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California
1946: In Japan, women vote for the first time, during elections for the House of Representatives of the 90th Imperial Diet
1956: Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time
1966: United States president Lyndon Johnson signs the 1966 Uniform Time Act, dealing with daylight saving time
1976: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried in New Jersey
1986: The Chernobyl disaster: A mishandled safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union "killed at least 4056 people and damaged almost $7 billion of property"
1997: In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned, and was born in July 1996
Location of Headstone: Memorial Park Cemetery, section 18
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