100 - John A. Kirchmeier - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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John Kirchmeier was born the same year that Felix Hoffmann patented aspirin and Bayer registered its name as a trademark.
Waymark Code: WMGGDE
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2013
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The final resting place of John Kirchmeier is at the northeast corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the north end of the section. His is a horizontal marker with the following text:
John A Kirchmeier
US Army
World War II
Mar 3, 1899
Sept 5 1999
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during John's time on earth:
1899: The first Peace Conference ends with the signing of the first Hague Convention.
1909: Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina
1919: An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park.
1929: Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).
1939: Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States
1949: The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed; Harry S. Truman announced that the USSR had the atomic bomb
1959: Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
1969: Golda Meir becomes the first female prime minister of Israel.
1979: The Sony Walkman goes on sale for the first time in Japan.
1989: Steffi Graf and Boris Becker of West Germany win singles titles at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships
1999: A devastating tornado, rated F5 on the Fujita scale, slams into Moore, Oklahoma, killing 38 people.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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