101 - Cora Hinchsliff Lindsay - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Cora Lindsay was born the same year that Sioux chief Sitting Bull led the last of his fugitive people in surrender to United States troops at Fort Buford in Montana.
Waymark Code: WMGCZQ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2013
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The final resting place of Cora Lindsay is at the east side of Fairlawn Cemetery, near the border fence. Hers is a flat reddish marker with a white inset box.
Text on headstone:
Cora Hinchsliff Lindsay
1881 - 1982
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Cora's time on earth:
1881: James Garfield, President of the United States, is shot by Charles Julius Guiteau
1891:Michelin patent the removable pneumatic bicycle tire
1901: Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1911: Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu in Peru.
1921: Tulsa Race Riot: The official death toll is 39, but recent investiThe Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.
1941: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II.
1951: The Catcher in the Rye is first published by J.D. Salinger.
1961: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3.
1971: In Los Angeles, Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
1982: Cal Ripken, Jr. plays the first of what eventually becomes his record-breaking streak of 2,632 consecutive Major League Baseball games.
(source: wikipedia)
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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