100 - Jane V. Karns - Memorial Park Cemetery - OKC, OK - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

The final resting place of centenarian Jane V. Karns is at the southwest corner of section 22 of Memorial Park Cemetery. Her single, horizontal headstone has the following inscription:

Jane V. Karns
1919-2020
Beloved Wife and Mother

Some historical events that occurred during the years of Jane's birth and death:

1919:
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 begins when a white man throws stones at a group of four black teens on a raft.

In Germany, Adolf Hitler gives his first speech for the German Workers' Party (DAP)

American baseball player Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at this time, a deal made public at the beginning of January 1920.

2020:
The first impeachment trial of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, begins in the U.S. Senate. He is acquitted on February 5

COVID-19 pandemic: The Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the initial COVID-19 outbreak, is quarantined with all scheduled public transport services and intercity flights halte

A rare Universal Palindrome Date (02/02/2020) occurs in the Gregorian calendar. Such events usually only transpire around once every 1000 years, with the last such event occurring in 1111.

Location of Headstone: Memorial Park Cemetery

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