101 - Olive M. McMath - Chapel Hill Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Olive McMath was born the same year that voting machines were approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
Waymark Code: WMJAXN
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2013
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The final resting place of Olive McMath is at the south side of Chapel Hill Cemetery, just east of the main entrance. Hers is a double marker, shared with her husband Baylor.
Text on marker:
McMath
Baylor H.
1896 - 1984
Olive M.
1899 - 2000
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Olive's time on earth:
1899: Female outlaw Pearl Hart robs a stage coach 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.
1909: Einar Dessau uses a short-wave radio transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster.
1919: The Paris Peace Conference opens at the Palace of Versailles, France
1929: The Wickersham Commission begins its investigation of organized crime following alcohol Prohibition in the United States.
1939: Major League Baseball's Lou Gehrig, the legendary Yankee first baseman known as "The Iron Horse", ends his 2,130 consecutive games played streak after contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The record stands for 56 years before Cal Ripken, Jr. plays 2,131 consecutive games.
1949: The Poe Toaster first appears at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.
1959: Explorer 6 sends the first picture of Earth from orbit.
1969: Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper, The News of the World.
1979: The Montréal Canadiens defeat the New York Rangers 4 games to 1 in the best-of-seven series, winning the Stanley Cup.
1989: The U.S. government seizes the Irvine, California, Lincoln Savings and Loan Association; Charles Keating (for whom the Keating Five were named) eventually goes to jail, as part of the massive 1980s Savings and Loan Crisis which costs U.S. taxpayers nearly $200 billion in bailouts, and many people their life savings
2000: In a predawn raid, federal agents seize 6-year old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, D.C., ending one of the most publicized custody battles in U.S. history.
Location of Headstone: Chapel Hill Cemetery
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