102 - Margaret Jackson - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Margaret Jackson was born the same year that The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was organized.
Waymark Code: WMEKCE
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2012
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The final resting place of Margaret Jackson is at the northeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the west side of the "Love" section. She has two markers: a flat headstone with just her name and years of birth/death, and an upright memorial shared with her spouse Jack T.
Text on large marker:
Jackson
Margaret
Oct. 18, 1891
Nov. 8, 1993
Jack T.
Nov. 22, 1891
Jan. 18, 1979
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Margaret's lifetime:
1891: Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography
1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving 3 years for embezzlement from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas
1911: World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs
1921: In American football, the University of California defeats Ohio State 28–0 in the Rose Bowl
1931: Dick Tracy, the comic strip detective character created by cartoonist Chester Gould, makes his debut appearance in the Detroit Mirror newspaper
1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack is announced on radio stations in the US at about 2:26 p.m. EST
1951: The first thermonuclear weapon is tested on Enewetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands, by the United States
1961: The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
1971: Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame from the Negro League. Jackie Robinson was inducted July 23, 1962
1981: Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and elected member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, dies aged 27 while on hunger strike in HM Prison Maze
1993: Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, "Love" section
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