100 - Calla H. Hales - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Calla H. Hales was born the same year that Thomas Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Waymark Code: WMH0AF
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2013
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The final resting place of Calla H. Hales is at the southwest corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the west side of the section and about 8 feet from the base of a tree.
Text on marker:
Mother
Calla H. Hales
Oct. 8, 1868 Nov. 22, 1968
God is Love
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Calla's time on earth:
1868: Battle of Washita River: In the early morning, United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on a band of Cheyenne living on reservation land with Chief Black Kettle, killing 103 Cheyenne.
1878: In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box is found later with a taunting poem inside.
1888: The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C..
1898: The United States captures Guam making it the first U.S. overseas territory.
1908: The Children's Encyclopedia begins publication in London
1918: "Spanish 'flu" becomes pandemic. Over 30 million people die in the following 6 months.
1928: Margaret Mead's influential cultural anthropology text Coming of Age in Samoa is published in the U.S.
1938: The first ski tow in America begins operation in Vermont.
1948: Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
1958: Ted Kennedy marries Virginia Joan Bennett at St. Joseph's Church in Bronxville, New York.
1968: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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