101 - Lois Lowry - Chapel Hill Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Lois Lowry was born the same year that Edward VII was crowned King of the United Kingdom.
Waymark Code: WMJTNH
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2013
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The final resting place of Lois Lowry is at the west side of Chapel Hill Cemetery, just a few feet west of the pavilion.
Text on marker:
Lois Lowry
1902 - 2003
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Lois' time on earth:
1902: In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts again, destroying the town of Morne-Rouge causing 1000 deaths.
1912: Arizona becomes the 48th U.S. state and the last of the contiguous United States which ends the American Frontier.
1922: Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.
1932: Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
1942: The 14th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles; How Green Was My Valley wins Best Picture.
1952: The University of Tennessee admits its first black student.
1962: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House
1972: The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395).
1982: In what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds, the closest finish to this date, after Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps.
1992: Dow Corning announces that it will stop manufacturing silicone breast implants.
2003: The WHO issues a global alert on SARS; Global protests against the Iraq war: More than 10 million people protest in over 600 cities worldwide, the largest to take place before a war occurs.
Location of Headstone: Chapel Hill Cemetery
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