102 - Mary Frances Parrish - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Mary Parrish was born the same year that Karl Landsteiner developed a system of blood grouping.
Waymark Code: WMHQ4H
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2013
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The final resting place of Mary Parrish is at the northeast corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the north end of the section. Hers is a horizontal marker with a family monument (Parrish).
Text on marker:
Mary Frances
Sept. 27, 1909
Sept. 29, 2011
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Mary's time on earth:
1909: An agreement by Germany, Italy and Switzerland gives the Germans and Italians access to the Gotthard Rail Tunnel.
1919: Pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes the second Prime Minister of Poland.
1929: The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix is won by William Grover-Williams driving a Bugatti.
1939: British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gives a speech in Birmingham, stating that Britain will oppose any effort at world domination on the part of Germany.
1949: English astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term Big Bang during a BBC Third Programme radio broadcast
1959: A chartered plane transporting musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson goes down in foggy conditions near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all 4 occupants on board. The tragedy is later termed "The Day the Music Died", popularized in Don McLean's 1972 song "American Pie".
1969: Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
1979: The Albert Einstein Memorial is unveiled at The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.
1989: Portugal wins the FIFA U-20 World Cup, defeating Nigeria on the final by 2–0 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1999: While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
2011: May 1 – U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, has been killed during an American military operation in Pakistan
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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