100 - Olga Boughton - Fairlawn Cemetery - Stillwater, OK
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Olga Boughton was born the same year that Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.
Waymark Code: WMHBKH
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2013
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The final resting place of Olga Boughton is at the northwest corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the south end of the section.
Text on marker:
Boughton
Olga M.
Dec. 15, 1903
Apr. 21, 2004
Homer
Dec. 10, 1900
Apr. 10, 1969
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Olga's time on earth:
1903: Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay opens its doors to guests.
1913: Mexican Revolution: President Francisco I. Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez are forced to resign. Pedro Lascuráin serves as President for less than an hour before General Victoriano Huerta, leader of the coup, takes office
1923: In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first American airship, the USS Shenandoah, takes to the sky for the first time.
1933: The Lone Ranger debuts on American radio.
1943: Edward R. Murrow delivers his classic "Orchestrated Hell" broadcast over CBS Radio, describing a Royal Air Force nighttime bombing raid on Berlin.
1953: 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1963: Gideon v. Wainwright: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that state courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants who cannot afford to pay their own attorneys.
1973: Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins, 14–7, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, to complete the NFL's first Perfect Season in front of 90,182 fans.
1983: Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning 5 consecutive Wimbledon championships.
1993: The World Health Organization declares tuberculosis a Global Emergency.
2004: NASA announces that the Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) has confirmed that its landing area was once drenched in water.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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