100 - Lloyd E. Sines - Oklahoma City, OK
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Lloyd E. Sines was born the same year that the General Electric Company was established
Waymark Code: WMDX3F
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2012
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The final resting place of Lloyd E. Sines is at Memorial Park Cemetery. His headstone is midway north-south in section 52, about 15 feet south of a large tree. Lloyd's marker is dark brown, with flowers etched into the left and right sides.
His headstone reads:
Lloyd E. Sines
1892 - 1992
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Lloyd's lifetime:
1892: Homer Plessy (who is black) is arrested for sitting on the whites-only car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson court case
1902: In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000
1912: RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the northern Atlantic Ocean. She sinks the following day with the loss of 1500 lives
1922: In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated
1932: Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time
1942: Heinkel test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejection seat
1952: A tropical storm forms just north of Cuba moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern Florida the next day. It is the earliest reported landfall from a tropical storm, and the earliest formation of a tropical storm on record in the Atlantic basin
1962: Two of the high-wire "Flying Wallendas" are killed, when their famous 7-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan
1972: Bewitched starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick Sargent aired its final episode, "The Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Sam" on ABC
1982: All eight planets align on the same side of the Sun
1992: Los Angeles riots: Acquittal of four police officers in the Rodney King beating criminal trial triggers massive rioting in Los Angeles. The riots will last for six days resulting in 53 deaths and over a $1 billion in damages before order is restored
Location of Headstone: Memorial Park Cemetery, section 52
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