100 - Bertha A. Busse - Grace Hill Cemetery - Perry, OK
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Bertha Busse was born the same year that President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt began a full term.
Waymark Code: WMJCD9
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2013
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The final resting place of Bertha Busse is at the east side of Grace Hill Cemetery, near the center of the section.
Text on marker:
Bertha A. Busse
Jan. 28, 1905
Apr. 27, 2005
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Bertha's time on earth:
1905: The Simplon Tunnel is officially opened through the Alps.
1915: The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the United States Congress.
1925: The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027. It hits the towns of Murphysboro, Illinois; Gorham, Illinois; Ellington, Missouri; and Griffin, Indiana.
1935: Persia is renamed Iran.
1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin hold the Yalta Conference.
1955: Disneyland opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
1965: Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
1975: Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up
1985: Canadian paraplegic athlete and activist Rick Hansen sets out on his 40,000 km, 26 month Man in Motion tour which raises $26M for spinal cord research and quality of life initiatives.
1995: Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon
2005: YouTube, the most popular video sharing website, is founded.
Location of Headstone: Grace Hill Cemetery
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