101 - Herschel V. Smith -- Crescent, OK
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sshelle
N 35° 57.477 W 097° 34.099
14S E 629106 N 3980231
in Crescent Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMFR43
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2012
Views: 5
In Herschel's life:
1/23/1845 Congress decided that all national elections would take place on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November on this day in history.
3/16/1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published
12/25/1855 Soldiers of the Royal Canadian Rifles at the Tête du Pont barracks clear ice from Lake Ontario and use field hockey sticks and lacrosse balls to play what is reputed to be the first game of ice hockey.
5/18/1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for President.
12/18/1865 Slavery is abolished in the US as the 13th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified.
10/25/1870 Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore
11/13/1875 Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
5/18/1880 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37.5
5/2/1885 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published
3/1/1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published
11/8/1895 Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays
3/16/1900 Discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete
9/18/1905 The birth of Greta Garbo, Swedish born film actress
1/2/1910 1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley Calif)
5/7/1915 The Cunard Line's passenger ship Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine
4/17/1920 American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
11/20/1925 Birth of Robert Kennedy, American politician
1/20/1930 The first radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
1/2/1935 Bruno Hauptmann stands trial in New Jersey on charges of kidnapping and murdering the Lindbergh baby. Hauptmann is later found guilty and executed.
2/2/1940 Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orch)
5/8/1945 Victory In Europe Day (VE Day) declared
Location of Headstone: Crescent Cemetery
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