100 - George L. Click - Oklahoma City, OK
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N 35° 36.419 W 097° 29.391
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George L. Click was born the same year that The Bronx Zoo opened in New York City.
Waymark Code: WMDFC5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2012
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The final resting place of George L. Click is at the northeast corner of Memorial Park Cemetery. His is a long flat, dark colored marker shared with his spouse. "Click" is in big names at the bottom, with the name and years of George and his spouse May in the two upper corners.
Text on headstone:
Click
George L.
1899-1999
May
1904-1990
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during George's lifetime:
1899: Students at the University of California, Berkeley steal the Stanford Axe from Stanford University yelling at leaders following a baseball game, thus establishing the Axe as a symbol of the rivalry between the schools
1909: The Anglo-Persian Oil Company, now BP, is incorporated
1919: In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement
1929: The Geneva Convention addresses the treatment of prisoners of war
1939: In Durban, South Africa the Timeless Test begins between England and South Africa, the longest game of cricket ever played. It is abandoned twelve days later when the English team has to catch the last ferry home
1949: Former Philippine First Lady Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed
1959: Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state
1969: Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper, The News of the World
1979: The world premiere for Star Trek: The Motion Picture is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
1989: Trisha Meili is attacked while jogging in New York City's Central Park; as her identity remains secret for years, she becomes known as the "Central Park Jogger."
1999: U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate.
Location of Headstone: Memorial Park Cemetery, section 51
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