100 - John M. Gray - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 31.969 W 097° 32.783
14S E 631784 N 3933105
John Gray was born the same year that SOS became an international distress signal
Waymark Code: WMHP25
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2013
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The final resting place of John Gray is at the far west side of Rose Hill Burial Park, north of the main drive in the Prayer section. His horizontal, double marker is just a few feet from the road.
Text on marker:
Gray
John M.
1906 - 2006
Clara
1903 - 1998
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during John's time on earth:
1906: The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released.
1916: President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa
1926: Reza Khan is crowned Shah of Iran under the name "Pahlevi".
1936: Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
1946: Laurence Olivier's Henry V opens in the United States nearly 2 years after its release in England. It is the first Shakespeare film in color, and critics hail it as the finest film of a Shakespeare play ever made.
1956: Doris Day records her most famous song: Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be). It is from Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, in which Day co-stars with James Stewart.
1966: Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks sets the National Hockey League single season scoring record against the New York Rangers with his 51st goal.
1976: The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.
1986: The first PC virus, Brain, starts to spread.
1996: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Garry Kasparov beats "Deep Blue" in a second chess match.
2006: Former Beatle Paul McCartney turns 64 after writing "When I'm Sixty-Four" at age 16.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, Prayer section
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