102 - John F. Fitch - El Reno Cemetery - El Reno, OK
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John Fitch was born the same day that writer Jack London sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he wrote his first successful stories.
Waymark Code: WMJM4J
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2013
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The final resting place of John Fitch is at the southwest side of El Reno Cemetery. Although not a centenarian herself, John's wife lived to the age of 98 1/2.
Text on marker:
Fitch
Cammie L.
Nov. 26, 1896
May 1, 1995
John F.
July 25, 1897
Jan. 8, 2000
(married)
Aug. 5, 1936
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during John's time on earth:
1897: The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
1907: At the opening of the new State Duma in St. Petersburg, Russia 40,000 demonstrators are dispersed by Russian troops.
1917: The United States ends its search for Pancho Villa.
1927: Werner Heisenberg formulates his famous uncertainty principle while employed as a lecturer at Niels Bohr's Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen.
1937: The first issue of Detective Comics is published in the United States.
1947: A heavy blizzard in Canada buries towns from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Calgary, Alberta.
1957: Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
1967: Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with the intent of future resuscitation.
1977: U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders.
1987: Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2000: New Zealand broadcasting on Chatham Island is watched worldwide to start millennium celebrations.
Location of Headstone: El Reno Cemetery
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