101 - Georgia G. James - Rose Hill Burial Park - Oklahoma City, OK
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Georgia G. James was born the same year that the Nutcracker ballet with music by Tchaikovsky is premiered at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia.
Waymark Code: WMED8B
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2012
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The final resting place of Georgia G. James is at the west side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the south end of section 15. Hers is a flat grey stone, next to a headstone for Colum P. James.
Text on Georgia's marker:
Our Mother
Georgia G. James
Nov. 1, 1892
Aug. 24, 1994
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Georgia's time on earth:
1892: Grover Cleveland is elected over Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver to win the second of his non-consecutive terms
1902: Cuba gains independence from the United States
1912: In the United Kingdom, the Royal Flying Corps (forerunner of the Royal Air Force) is established
1922: Christian K. Nelson patents the Eskimo Pie
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: Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom (and her five other Commonwealth realms) at St. James's Palace, London, England
1962: New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North
1972: The United States returns Okinawa, occupied and governed since the World War II Battle of Okinawa, to Japan
1982: The 1982 FIFA World Cup begins in Spain
1994: A man fires 2 blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Cemetery, section 15
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