100 - Clara Goss Watson - Resthaven Gardens - OKC, OK
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Clara Watson was born the same year that Bicycle Playing Cards were first produced.
Waymark Code: WMHYGM
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2013
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The final resting place of Clara Watson is at the east side of Resthaven Gardens near the center of the section.
Text on marker:
Clara Goss Watson
Nov. 23, 1885 - July 28, 1986
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Clara's time on earth:
1885: Dr Pepper is served for the very first time
1895: Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest is first shown at St. James' Theatre in London.
1905: The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine.
1915: Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor (Wyoming) in the United States. Twelve days later, Ma Ferguson becomes first female governor of Texas.
1935: Bruno Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr.
1945: United States forces enter the outskirts of Manila to capture it from the Japanese Imperial Army
1955: The Salk polio vaccine, having passed large-scale trials earlier in the United States, receives full approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
1965: Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang appear on the cover of Time Magazine.
1975: In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly 2 months early in the United States.
1986: Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's secret vault on The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault, discovering only a bottle of moonshine.
Location of Headstone: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery
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