101 - Effie M. Smith - Chapel Hill Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Effie Smith was born the same year that a showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, created a sensation.
Waymark Code: WMJJM9
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2013
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The final resting place of Effie Smith is at the east side of Chapel Hill Cemetery, near the center of the section.
Text on marker:
Effie M. Smith
1901 - 2002
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Effie's time on earth:
1901: Theodore Roosevelt succeeds William McKinley as President of the United States.
1911: Pancho Villa launches an attack against government troops in Ciudad Juarez without Madero's permission
1921: Dr. Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England.
1931: Nevada legalizes gambling.
1941: At California's March Field, entertainer Bob Hope performs his first USO Show.
1951: The first NBA All-Star game was played in the Boston Garden.
1961: Ham the Chimp, a 37-pound (17-kg) male, is rocketed into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, in a test of the Project Mercury capsule, designed to carry United States astronauts into space
1971: Evel Knievel sets a world record and jumps 19 cars in Ontario, California.
1981: U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady are also wounded.
1991: Operation Desert Storm begins with air strikes against Iraq.
2002: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Location of Headstone: Chapel Hill Cemetery
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