106 - Stella M. Hitchcock - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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N 35° 29.943 W 097° 31.535
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Stella Hitchcock was born the same year that America's first juvenile court was established in Chicago
Waymark Code: WMGDZT
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2013
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The final resting place of Stella M. Hitchcock is at the northeast corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, just a few feet west of the border fence.
It is a light grey stone with flowers and a cross etched into the left side.
Text on headstone:
Stella M. Hitchcock
May 29, 1899
Jan. 20, 2006
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Stella's time on earth:
1899: The first Peace Conference ends with the signing of the Hague Convention.
1909: The city of Tel Aviv (then known as Ahuzat Bayit) is founded.
1919: Eugene V. Debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for speaking out against the draft during World War I.
1929: The Albanian missionary sister Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known as Mother Teresa, arrives in Calcutta from Ireland to begin her work in India.
1939: Major League Baseball's Lou Gehrig, the legendary Yankee first baseman known as "The Iron Horse", ends his 2,130 consecutive games played streak after contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The record stands for 56 years before Cal Ripken, Jr. plays 2,131 consecutive games.
1949: The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin.
1959: The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro
1969: The Woodstock Festival is held in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era
1979: Los Angeles passes its gay and lesbian civil rights bill.
1989: Riots break out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
1999: Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves.
2006: NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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