100 - Alma Lewis Dorough - Oklahoma City, OK
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N 35° 36.204 W 097° 29.586
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Alma Lewis Dorough was born the same year that Scott, Shackleton and Wilson (of the Discovery Expedition) arrive at the furthest southern point reached thus far by man, south of 82°S
Waymark Code: WME8M2
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2012
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The final resting place of Alma Lewis Dorough is at the southwest corner of Memorial Park Cemetery, at the southwest corner of section 29. Hers is a flat marker, with a single gold cross between the year of her birth and year of her death.
Text on Alma's headstone:
Alma Lewis Dorough
In Loving Memory
Mother and Grandmother
Aug. 25, 1902
Apr. 24, 2003
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Alma's time on earth:
1902: In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts again, destroying the town of Morne-Rouge causing 1000 deaths
1912: The Qing Dynasty of China, also called the Manchu Dynasty, comes to an end after 268 years
1922: DeWitt and Lila Wallace publish the first issue of Reader's Digest
1932: Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate
1942: The last German air-raid on Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew. William Hitler is at this time in the United States where he later joins the navy to fight against his uncle
1952: Winston Churchill scraps UK compulsory national Identity Cards
1962: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House
1972: Super Bowl VI: The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins 24–3
1982: All eight planets align on the same side of the Sun
1992: White South Africans vote in favour of political reforms which will end the apartheid regime and create a power-sharing multi-racial government
2003: Morgan Spurlock begins his 30-day McDonald's diet
Location of Headstone: Memorial Park Cemetery, section 29
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