101 - Delia Caroline Bennett - Oklahoma City, OK
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Delia Caroline Bennett was born in 1881, the year that The American Red Cross was established by Clara Barton.
Waymark Code: WMDQRE
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2012
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Delia Caroline Bennett's final resting place is on the north side of Memorial Park Cemetery, in the northwest corner of section 5. Hers is a dark grey colored marker, with a stem of flowers in the upper left corner.
Her headstone reads:
Delia Caroline Bennett
June 22, 1881
June 13, 1983
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Delia's time on earth:
1881: The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurs in Tombstone, Arizona
1891: The first penalty kick is awarded in a football (soccer) match; John Heath scores it for the Wolverhampton Wanderers
1901: A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation
1911: Mexican Revolution: Rebels take Agua Prieta on the Sonora–Arizona border; government troops take the town back April 17 when the rebel leader "Red" López is drunk
1921: The first BCG vaccination against tuberculosis is given
1931: An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000 people
1941: The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops
1951: Tennessee Williams's adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire premieres, becoming a critical and box-office smash
1961: American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus
1971: Charles Manson is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California Death Row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment
1983: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: At the White House Rose Garden, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a federal holiday on the third Monday of every January to honor American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Location of Headstone: Memorial Park Cemetery, section 5
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