101 - Elizabeth Jane Roberts - Fernandina Beach, FL
N 30° 41.193 W 081° 27.165
17R E 456636 N 3394952
Centenarian Elizabeth Jane Roberts was born in 1852 and died in 1953. Her grave is located in the Bosque Bello Cemetery in Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMJ77M
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2013
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Some Memorable Events during her Birth Year (1852):
February 11 – The first British public toilet for women opens in Bedford Street, London.
February 16 – The Studebaker Brothers Wagon Company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
March 20 – Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published in book form in Boston.
August 3 – The first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event, is held.
September 24 – French engineer Henri Giffard makes the first airship trip from Paris to Trappes.
November 2 – U.S. presidential election, 1852: Democrat Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire defeats Whig Winfield Scott of Virginia.
Some Memorable Events during her Death Year (1953):
January 7 – President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower succeeds Harry S. Truman as the 34th President of the United States.
February 5 – Walt Disney's feature film Peter Pan, premieres.
March 19 – The 25th Academy Awards ceremony is held (the first one broadcast on television).
March 26 – Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
April 13 - Ian Fleming publishes his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale in the United Kingdom.
June 2 – Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey.
June 30 - The first Chevrolet Corvette is built at Flint, Michigan.
September 12 - U.S. Representative John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
December 30 – The first colour television sets go on sale for about $1,175 (American dollars).