100 - J.D. Byrd - Chapel Hill Cemetery - OKC, OK
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N 35° 34.395 W 097° 40.264
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J.D. Byrd was born the same year that Fannie Farmer published her first cookbook.
Waymark Code: WMJAKR
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2013
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The final resting place of J.D. Byrd is at the south side of Chapel Hill Cemetery, about 20 feet south of the road.
Text on marker:
Byrd
J.D.
1896 - 1996
Opal M.
1904 - 1990
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during J.D.'s time on earth:
1896: William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech at the Democratic National Convention, which nominates him for President of the United States.
1906: The Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage.
1916: The light switch is invented by William J. Newton and Morris Goldberg.
1926: The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire.
1936: The Remington Rand strike of 1936–1937 begins, spawning the notorious "Mohawk Valley formula", a corporate plan for strikebreaking.
1946: Pestalozzi Children’s Village (Kinderdorf Pestalozzi) established at Trogen in Switzerland to accommodate and educate orphans of World War II according to Pestalozzian principles
1956: Elvis Presley releases his first Gold Album titled Elvis Presley.
1966: Indira Gandhi visits Washington, D.C.
1976: United States Bicentennial: From coast to coast, the United States celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
1986: The 58th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California, with Out of Africa winning Best Picture.
1996: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the BNSF Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U.S. history.
Location of Headstone: Chapel Hill Cemetery
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