101 - Vernon E. White - Fairlawn Cemetery - Stillwater, OK
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Vernon White was born the same day that Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest was first shown at St. James' Theatre in London.
Waymark Code: WMHC4J
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2013
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The final resting place of Vernon E. White is at the northwest corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the northeast side of the section. His is a horizontal, double marker shared with his spouse Hilma.
Text on marker:
White
Hilma K.
Feb. 21, 1896
July 22, 1969
Vernon E.
Feb. 14, 1895
Feb. 21, 1996
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Vernon's time on earth:
1895: Daniel David Palmer performed the first Chiropractic Adjustment. Palmer's first patient was Harvey Lillard whose complaint was partial deafness after an injury.
1905: Albert Einstein submits his paper Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content? in which he develops an argument for the famous equation E = mc2.
1915: Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of 11,690 feet (3,560 m), carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger in a fixed-wing aircraft.
1925: The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. territory of Alaska, to combat an epidemic.
1935: Porky Pig makes his debut as the first major Looney Tunes character in I Haven't Got a Hat.
1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to a fourth term as President of the United States, the only President ever to exceed two terms.
1955: The game Scrabble debuts.
1965: Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang appear on the cover of Time Magazine.
1975: Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the opposition UK Conservative Party. Thatcher, 49, is Britain's first female leader of any political party
1985: In Hollywood, California, the charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa.
1996: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Garry Kasparov beats "Deep Blue" in a second chess match.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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