103 - Emma F. Dickinson - Jacksonville, FL
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N 30° 22.095 W 081° 38.616
17R E 438156 N 3359767
Centenarian Emma F. Dickinson was born in 1871 and died in 1975. Her grave is located in Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMQH0P
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
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Emma F. Dickinson (visit link) was born on September 18, 1871, and died on February 2, 1975. She was married to William E. Dickinson (visit link) .

Some Memorable Events during her Birth Year (1871):

* February 9 – United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries is founded.
* March 21 – Otto von Bismarck becomes first Chancellor of the German Empire.
* April 20 – U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Civil Rights Act.
* May 4 – The first supposedly Major League Baseball game is played.
* November 7 – The London–Australia telegraph cable is brought ashore at Darwin.

Some Memorable Events during her Death Year (1975):

* January 1 - Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham join Fleetwood Mac.
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up.
* March 10 - The Rocky Horror Show opens on Broadway in New York City; closed after 3 previews and 45 performances.
* April 4 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
* June 18 - JAWS is released and becomes popular summer hit.
* August 5 – U.S. President Ford posthumously restores the U.S. citizenship of General Robert E. Lee, military leader of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
* September 5 - In Sacramento, California, Lynette Fromme, a follower of jailed cult leader Charles Manson, attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.
* October 11 – NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live (George Carlin is the first host; Billy Preston and Janis Ian the first musical guests).
Location of Headstone: Cemetery

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