100 - Bertha E. Brown - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
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N 35° 53.829 W 097° 24.141
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Bertha Brown was born the same year that Sarah E. Goode became the first female African-American to apply for and receive a patent, for the invention of the hideaway bed.
Waymark Code: WMJ93E
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2013
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The final resting place of Bertha E. Brown is at the northeast side of Summit View Cemetery, near the center of the section. Hers is an upright marker shared with two other members of her family.
Text on marker:
Brown
Goldie V.
Jan. 20, 1904
May 2, 1995
Bertha E.
July 5, 1885
May 14, 1986
Lester L.
Dec. 24, 1909
July 7, 2006
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Bertha's time on earth:
1885: Louis Pasteur and Émile Roux successfully test their rabies vaccine. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1895: In Munich, bicyclists have to pass a test and display license plates.
1905: The Wright Brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting, the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour.
1915: Babe Ruth hits his first career home run off of Jack Warhop.
1925: Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
1935: Porky Pig makes his debut as the first major Looney Tunes character in I Haven't Got a Hat.
1945: United States and Filipino troops take Manila, Philippines.
1955: The long-running program Gunsmoke debuts on the CBS-TV network.
1965: A new red and white maple leaf design is inaugurated as the flag of Canada, replacing the Union Flag and the Canadian Red Ensign.
1975: Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell, and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, are sentenced to between 30 months and 8 years in prison.
1985: The United States Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then to screen all blood donations in the United States.
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
Location of Headstone: Summit View Cemetery
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