100 - Arthur J. McClelland - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Arthur J. McClelland was born on a Leap Year, and the same year that The "Great Blizzard of '88" begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400
Waymark Code: WMEG2V
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2012
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The final resting place of Arthur J. McClelland is at the far east side of Rose Hill Burial Park, west of the Mausoleum. His is a flat headstone placed in a family plot that has an enormous monument. Arthur's headstone is 5 feet north of the road, on the west side of the large monument honoring notable Oklahoman Joseph Bradfield Thoburn.
Text on Arthur's headstone:
Arthur J. McClelland
Jan. 28, 1888
Feb. 8, 1988
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Arthur's lifetime:
1888: The Brighton Beach Hotel in Coney Island is moved 520 feet using six steam locomotives by Civil Engineer B.C. Miller to save it from ocean storms
1898: The United States captures Guam making it the first U.S. overseas territory
1908: French aviator Léon Delagrange pilots the first passenger flight with Henri Farman inside
1918: The Spanish Flu (influenza) becomes pandemic; over 30 million people die in the following 6 months (almost twice as many as died during the war)
1928: A medical doctors' strike begins in Vienna
1938: Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia
1948: José Figueres Ferrer abolishes the army in Costa Rica, making it the first country in history to do so
1958: Seven Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed in the Munich air disaster in West Germany on the return flight from a European Cup game in Yugoslavia
1968: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson mandates that all computers purchased by the federal government support the ASCII character encoding
1978: The New York Post publishes an article about David Rorvik's book The Cloning of Man, about a supposed cloning of a human being
1988: The Democratic-controlled United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to support the Nicaraguan Contras.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 13
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