100 - Neomi R. Ohmart - Choctaw Cemetery - Choctaw, OK
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Neomi R. Ohmart was born the same year that Russian Tsar Alexander III was succeeded by his son Nicholas II.
Waymark Code: WMGT6B
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2013
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The final resting place of Neomi Ohmert is at the northwest corner of Choctaw Cemetery. Hers is a horizontal marker with flowers etched into the top two corners.
Text on marker:
Mother
Neomi R. Ohmart
Sept. 24, 1894
Aug. 1, 1995
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Neomi's time on earth:
1894: Major Republican landslide in the United States House of Representatives elections, which sets the stage for the decisive presidential election of 1896.
1904: 80,000 demonstrators gather in Hyde Park, London, to protest against the importation of Chinese labourers to South Africa by the British government
1914: The Colorado National Guard attacks a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado.
1924: A flash fire at a Christmas celebration in a one-room schoolhouse in Babbs, Oklahoma kills 36 people, mostly small children.
1934: In Nazi Germany the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring comes into effect, allowing compulsory sterilization of citizens suffering from a list of alleged genetic disorders.
1944: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands.
1954: Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four minute mile, in Oxford, England.
1964: Merv Griffin's game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC; Art Fleming is its first host.
1974: Hank Aaron became the all-time MLB home run leader with his 715th at Atlanta in front of a national television audience.
1984: The United States Marine Corps pulls out of Beirut, Lebanon.
1995: Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
Location of Headstone: Choctaw Cemetery
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