101 - Ruby Payte - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Ruby Payte was born the same year that Theodore Roosevelt became the first American President to ride in an automobile when he rode in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
Waymark Code: WMEJFQ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2012
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The final resting place of Ruby Payte is at the east side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the northeast corner of section 11. Hers is an upright white marker shared with her spouse James. It is located at the base of a tree and is next to another centenarian. The writing on the monument is faint but still clearly legible.
Text on marker:
Payte
James Ira, M.D.
Oct. 23, 1896
May 27, 1958
Ruby
May 17, 1902
Oct. 20, 2003
The world is better because he game this way
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Ruby's time on earth:
1902: The second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years hard labor
1912: The Qing Dynasty of China, also called the Manchu Dynasty, comes to an end after 268 years
1922: The State of Massachusetts opens all public offices to women
1932: Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate
1942: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property
1952: The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan
1962: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon; it later misses the Moon by 22,000 miles
1972: Shirley Chisholm, the first African American Congresswoman, announces her candidacy for President
1982: The 54th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. Chariots of Fire wins Best Picture and three other Academy Awards
1992: El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign a pact in Mexico City ending a 12-year civil war that claimed at least 75,000 lives
2003: Grutter v. Bollinger: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds affirmative action in university admissions
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 11
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