101 - Nettie Belle Howe - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Nettie Belle Howe was born the same year that the Daughters of the American Revolution group is founded
Waymark Code: WMEV77
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2012
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The final resting place of Nettie Howe is at the far southeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the northwest corner of section 7. Hers is a flat, light grey marker just one foot south of the road. A family monument is just south of Nettie's headstone.
Text on marker:
Nettie Belle Howe
1890 - 1991
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Nettie's lifetime:
1890: King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir, and his daughter Princess Wilhelmina becomes Queen, causing Luxembourg (who required a male heir) to declare independence
1900: Dwight F. Davis creates the Davis Cup tennis tournament
1910: A form of Pneumonic plague spreads through northeastern China, killing more than 40,000
1920: Babe Ruth is traded by the Red Sox for $100,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time
1930: The first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts
1940: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her government flee to London
1950: Florence Chadwick swims across the English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes
1960: France tests its first atomic bomb - in the Sahara Desert of Algeria
1970: Teenagers in the United Kingdom vote for the first time, in a by-election in Bridgwater
1980: Robert Mugabe is elected Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
1991: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin, apartment. Police soon find out that he is involved in 6 more murders.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 7
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