100 - Mary M. Kiggins - Resthaven Gardens - OKC, OK
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N 35° 21.682 W 097° 31.737
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Mary M. Kiggins was born the same year that Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, and four Eskimo explorers came within a few miles of the North Pole.
Waymark Code: WMJ1FW
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2013
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The final resting place of Mary Kiggins is at the west side of Resthaven Gardens, near the center of the Gethsemane section.
Text on marker:
Mary M. Kiggins
1909 - 2009
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Mary's time on earth:
1909: Russian ballet is brought to the Western world when the Ballets Russes opens a tour produced by Sergei Diaghilev at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris with 55 dancers, including Vaslav Nijinsky
1919: An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park.
1929: The Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See of the Catholic Church sign the Lateran Treaty to establish the Vatican City as an independent sovereign enclave within Rome, resolving the "Roman Question".
1939: John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath is first published.
1949: Albert II, a rhesus monkey, becomes the first primate to enter space
1959: Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
1969: The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation
1979: In a ceremony at the White House, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sign a peace treaty.
1989: U.S. President George H. W. Bush holds up a bag of cocaine purchased across the street at Lafayette Park, in his first televised speech to the nation.
1999: The euro is established.
2009: The death of American entertainer Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief. Online, reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services, as the abundance of people accessing the web addresses pushes internet traffic to potentially unprecedented and historic levels
Location of Headstone: Resthaven Gardens, Gethsemane
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