101 - Lillie Greenberg - Temple B'Nai Israel Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Lillie Greenberg was born the same year that oil was discovered on the Osage Indian reservation, making the Osage the "richest group of people in the world".
Waymark Code: WMJC5Q
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2013
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The final resting place of Lillie Greenberg is at the north side of Temple B'nai Israel Cemetery. Hers is a horizontal marker that is shared with her spouse Harry B.
Text on marker:
Greenberg
Lillie
Dec. 2, 1894
May 18, 1996
Harry B.
Sept. 21, 1893
Feb. 2, 1960
Love Will Light The Way
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Lillie's time on earth:
1894: French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason.
1904: Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
1914: Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation.
1924: J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Bureau of Investigation.
1934: In Nazi Germany the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring comes into effect, allowing compulsory sterilization of citizens suffering from a list of alleged genetic disorders.
1944: The 16th Academy Awards ceremony is held, the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Casablanca (directed by Michael Curtiz), wins the Best Picture award.
1954: The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
1964: Thirteen years after its proposal and nearly 2 years after its passage by the United States Senate, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
1974: People Weekly magazine's first issue released in the U.S. Mia Farrow is on the cover.
1984: The world learns from moving BBC News television reports presented by Michael Buerk of the famine in Ethiopia, where thousands of people have already died of starvation due to a famine and as many as 10,000,000 more lives are at risk
1996: Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin.
Location of Headstone: Temple B'Nai Israel Cemetery
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