102 - Rita Burkett - Desert Memorial Park Cemetery - Cathedral City, CA
N 33° 49.001 W 116° 26.516
11S E 551647 N 3741970
This centenarian's grave is located within Desert Memorial Park Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMQ8T8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2016
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The only information I could locate online for Rita Burkett was that she was born 1/16/1895 and passed away 9/23/1997 at 102 years of age. Her maiden name was Rice and her mother's maiden name was Seitz. She was born and died in California.
Significant events that happened during Rita's birth year of 1895:
Feb 4th - 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
Feb 9th - 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
Feb 13th - Moving picture projector patented
May 7th - In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the world's first radio receiver. In the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
May 20th - 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)
May 27th - British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
Jun 11th - 1st auto race
Jun 20th - 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) from an American University
Jul 4th - Katherine Lee Bates publishes "America the Beautiful"
Aug 31st - 1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 & won 12-0)
Sep 21st - First auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company
Sep 24th - 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months)
Oct 2nd - 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper
Nov 5th - 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car
Nov 8th - German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays
Dec 28th - Film makers the Lumiere brothers, hold the first commercial film screening at Salon Indien du Grand Café, Paris
Location of Headstone: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery
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