100 - Virginia Olin - Chapel Hill Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Virginia Olin was born the same year that New Zealand dolphin Pelorus Jack was individually protected by Order in Council under the Sea Fisheries Act
Waymark Code: WMJQ94
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2013
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The final resting place of Virginia Olin is at the west side of Chapel Hill Cemetery, at the northeast corner of the section.
Text on marker:
Olin
Clyde E.
1901 - 1963
Virginia
1904 - 2004
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Virginia's time on earth:
1904: The first successful caterpillar track is made (it later revolutionizes construction vehicles and land warfare).
1914: Katherine Routledge and her husband arrive in Easter Island to make the first true study of it (they depart August 1915)
1924: American media company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is founded in Los Angeles, California.
1934: Albert Einstein visits the White House.
1944: In Britain, the prohibition on married women working as teachers is lifted
1954: The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
1964: The 1964 Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
1974: Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record with his 714th at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
1984: Apple Computer place the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
1994: The 1994 Northridge earthquake, magnitude 6.7, hits the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles
2004: In Mojave, California, SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
Location of Headstone: Chapel Hill Cemetery
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