101 - Hylda F. Shillington - Rose Hill Burial Park - Oklahoma City, OK
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N 35° 31.933 W 097° 32.435
14S E 632310 N 3933045
Hylda was born the same year that Mile-a-Minute Murphy earned his famous nickname, after he became the first man to ride a bicycle for one mile (1.6 km) in under a minute
Waymark Code: WMED8C
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2012
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The final resting place of Hylda F. Shillington is at the west side of Rose Hill Burial Park, near the east end of section 15. Hers is a large, grey, double marker with a cross and flowers etched into the left hand side. Hylda shares this marker with her sister.
Text on Hylda's headstone:
Shillington
Sisters
E. Bertha
1895 - 1989
Hylda F.
1899 - 2000
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Hylda's lifetime:
1899: The first Peace Conference ends with the signing of the Hague Convention
1909: Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome
1919: Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60
1929: The Albanian missionary sister Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known as Mother Teresa, arrives in Calcutta from Ireland to begin her work among India's poorest and sickest
1939: Students at Harvard University demonstrate the new tradition of swallowing goldfish to reporters
1949: English astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term Big Bang during a BBC Third Programme radio broadcast
1959: The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations
1969: The Haunted Mansion attraction opens at Disneyland California. Later versions opened in Florida, Tokyo and Paris
1979: Following her 1972 sex reassignment surgery, musician Wendy Carlos legally changes her name from Walter. She later reveals this information in an interview in the May 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine
1989: The television show Seinfeld premieres
2000: In a predawn raid, federal agents seize 6-year old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, DC, ending one of the most publicized custody battles in U.S. history
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Cemetery, section 15
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