100 - Ida L. Herod - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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N 35° 29.841 W 097° 31.534
14S E 633730 N 3929198
Ida L. Herod was born the same year that the Bronx Zoo opened in New York City. When opened it housed 843 animals in 22 exhibits.
Waymark Code: WMGCG8
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2013
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The final resting place of Ida Herod is at the far southeast corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, just north of the entrance gate. This is an upright, double marker with the following text:
Herod
Ida L.
Oct. 31, 1899
July 19, 2000
Dorah C.
Aug. 17, 1895
Oct. 18, 1959
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Ida's time on earth:
1899: A large standing stone at Stonehenge falls over, the most recent time this has happened.
1909: The last United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1919: An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park.
1929: The Geneva Convention addresses the treatment of prisoners of war.
1939: John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath is first published.
1949: The South African Citizenship Act suspends the granting of citizenship to British Commonwealth immigrants after 5 years and imposes a ban on mixed marriages.
1959: At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
1969: Golda Meir becomes the first female prime minister of Israel.
1979: Police lock Andreas Mihavecz in a holding cell in Bregenz, Austria and forget about him, leaving him there without food or drink.
1989: George H. W. Bush succeeds Ronald Reagan as the 41st President of the United States of America.
2000: Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.
(source: wikipedia)
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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