105 - Alma Violett - Chapel Hill Cemetery - OKC, OK
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N 35° 34.453 W 097° 40.164
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Alma Violett was born the same year that drillers near Bartlesville, Oklahoma, strike oil for the first time (Apr. 15) in the designated "Indian Territory", on land leased from the Osage Indians.
Waymark Code: WMJHBX
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2013
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The final resting place of Alma Violett is at the east side of Chapel Hill Cemetery, on the east side of the road. She has a double marker shared with her spouse Willis.
Text on marker:
Violett
Willis K.
1895 - 1984
Alma
1897 - 2002
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Alma's time on earth:
1897: Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.
1907: Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the establishment of the Triple Entente.
1917: Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying.
1927: Kern and Hammerstein's musical play, Show Boat, based on Edna Ferber's novel, opens on Broadway and then goes on to become the first great classic of the American musical theater.
1937: The animated short Porky's Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery for the Looney Tunes series, featuring the debut of Daffy Duck, is released in the United States.
1947: Christian Dior introduces The "New Look" in women's fashion, in Paris.
1957: The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa and charges him with bribery.
1967: Apollo 1: U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward Higgins White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when fire breaks out in their Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test.
1977: Red Rum wins a record third Grand National at Aintree Racecourse.
1987: The Irish rock band U2 releases their studio album The Joshua Tree.
1997: In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned, and was born in July 1996.
2002: Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom upon the 50th anniversary of King George VI's death in 1952.
Location of Headstone: Chapel Hill Cemetery
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