100 - Lida R. Johnson - El Reno Cemetery - El Reno, OK
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Lida Johnson was born the same year that Wilhelm Steinitz became the first recognized World Chess Champion.
Waymark Code: WMHRBM
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2013
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The final resting place of Lida Johnson is at the west side of El Reno Cemetery, at the south end of section 23.
Text on marker:
Johnson
Austin
1882 - 1953
Lida R.
1886 - 1986
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Lida's time on earth:
1886: Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that corporations have the same rights as living persons.
1896: The first known women's basketball game between two colleges is played between Stanford and California.
1906: The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, is manufactured.
1916: President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa; the 13th Cavalry regiment enters Mexican territory.
1926: U.S. Route 66 is established.
1936: U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over Alf Landon. Farmers support Roosevelt.
1946: Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside Manila, the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1956: Elvis Presley enters the United States music charts for the first time, with Heartbreak Hotel.
1966: The 1966 FIFA World Cup begins in England
1976: The Boston Celtics defeat the Phoenix Suns 128-126 in triple overtime in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at the Boston Garden. In 1997, the game is selected by a panel of experts as the greatest of the NBA's first 50 years.
1986: The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.
Location of Headstone: El Reno Cemetery
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