101 - Margaret S. Hughes - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 16.175 W 081° 38.760
17R E 437863 N 3348834
Centenarian Margaret S. Hughes was born in 1884 and died in 1985. Her grave is located in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMNX1V
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2015
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Some Memorable Events during her Birth Year (1884):
* May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.
* May 8 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States is born.
* August 5 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
* September 15 – Medicine: The invention of local anaesthesia by Karl Koller is made public at a medical congress in Heidelberg, Germany.
* December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.
Some Memorable Events during her Death Year (1985):
* January 28 – In Hollywood, California, the charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. Like the enormously successful Do They Know It's Christmas? that was recorded by Band Aid in Britain two months ago, the single raises money to combat the ongoing famine in Ethiopia. The American act consists of high profile performers including Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper and Diana Ross.
* February 19 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first artificial heart patient to leave the hospital.
* February 20 – Minolta releases world's first autofocus single-lens reflex camera.
* April 23 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.)
* June 27 – U.S. Route 66 is officially decommissioned.
* December 27 – American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda.
Location of Headstone: Cemetery
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