102 - Helen M. Milligan - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Helen M. Milligan was born the same year that French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempted to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London with a bomb
Waymark Code: WMETMQ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2012
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The final resting place of Helen M. Milligan is at the far south side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the west end of section 16. Hers is a flat, dark brown marker with lillies etched into the left and right sides. Helen's headstone is in front of a lighter colored family monument with only the name "Milligan".
Text on headstone:
Helen M. Milligan
1894 - 1996
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Helen's time on earth:
1894: A syzygy of planets occurs as Mercury transits the Sun as seen from Venus, and Mercury and Venus both transit the Sun as seen from Saturn. But no two of the transits are simultaneous.
1904: The first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City
1914: Pope Benedict XV (Giacomo della Chiesa) succeeds Pope Pius X as the 258th pope
1924: Voting in federal elections becomes compulsory in Australia, after a private member's bill proposed by Tasmanian Nationalist senator Herbert Payne results in the passing of the Commonwealth Electoral (Compulsory Voting) Act 1924.
1934: John Dillinger escapes from jail in Crown Point, Indiana, using a wooden pistol
1944: In Ossining, New York, Louis Buchalter, the leader of 1930s crime syndicate Murder, Inc., is executed at Sing Sing, along with Emanuel Weiss, and Louis Capone
1954: Food rationing in Great Britain ends with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II and nearly a decade after the war's end
1964: Muhammad Ali beats Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida, and is crowned the heavyweight champion of the world
1974: After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth
1984: Mecklenburg Correctional Center - 6 inmates - including James and Linwood Briley escape from a death row facility, the first and only occasion this has ever happened in the US.
1996: The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Japan
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 16
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