104 - V.L. Ivie - Resthaven Gardens - OKC, OK
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N 35° 21.673 W 097° 31.388
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V.L. Ivie was born the same year that Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in London.
Waymark Code: WMHXV5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2013
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The final resting place of V.L. Ivie is at the west side of Resthaven Gardens at the northeast corner of the section. His is a dark colored horizontal marker shared with his wife Anna.
Text on marker:
Ivie
V.L.
1884 - 1988
Anna A.
1890 -
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during V.L.'s time on earth:
1884: The invention of local anaesthesia by Karl Koller is made public at a medical congress in Heidelberg, Germany.
1894: The Tower Bridge in London opens for traffic.
1904: The first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1914: Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition sets sail on the Endurance from England in an attempt to cross Antarctica.
1924: The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps).
1934: The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.
1944: The 16th Academy Awards ceremony is held, the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Casablanca (directed by Michael Curtiz), wins the Best Picture award.
1954: Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory at Madison Square Garden, in the first televised boxing prize fight to be shown in colour.
1964: The Beatles vault to the #1 spot on the U.S. singles charts for the first time, with "I Want to Hold Your Hand", starting the British Invasion in America.
1974: A Japanese World War II soldier, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, surrenders in the Philippines.
1988: Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf in Washington, D.C., elects Dr. I. King Jordan as the first deaf president in its history. This conclusion of the Deaf President Now campaign is a turning point in the deaf civil rights movement.
Location of Headstone: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery
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