101 - Tom F. McEvoy - Chapel Hill Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Tom McEvoy was born the same year that the first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein came out
Waymark Code: WMJG5E
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2013
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The final resting place of Tom McEvoy is at the south side of Chapel Hill Cemetery, just north of one of the cemetery buildings. He has a horizontal, double marker that is shared with his spouse Ursula.
Text on marker:
McEVOY
Ursula L.
1921 - 2007
Tom F.
1910 - 2011
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Tom's time on earth:
1910: First publication of infrared photographs, by Professor Robert Williams Wood in the Royal Photographic Society's journal.
1920: Adolf Hitler presents his National Socialist program in Munich.
1930: Hostess Twinkies are invented.
1940: Cartoon character Elmer Fudd makes his debut in the animated short Elmer's Candid Camera.
1950: Florence Chadwick swims across the English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes.
1960: At the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, Ben-Hur wins a record number of Oscars, including Best Picture.
1970: American President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette television advertisements in the United States with effect from January 1, 1971.
1980: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands abdicates, and her daughter Beatrix accedes to the throne.
1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery
2000: The PlayStation 2 is released in Japan. Several months later it becomes the best-selling game console of all time.
2011: A 9.1-magnitude] earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,840 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake
Location of Headstone: Chapel Hill Cemetery
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