101 - Beulah W. Wall - Resthaven Gardens - OKC, OK
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N 35° 21.621 W 097° 31.362
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Beulah Wall was born the same year that Eugene B. Ely landed on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
Waymark Code: WMJ6E2
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2013
Views: 3
The final resting place of Beulah Wall is at the southeast corner of Resthaven Gardens, at the south end of the Prophets section.
Text on marker:
Beulah W. Wall
Beloved Wife and Mother
1911 - 2012
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Beulah's time on earth:
1911: The hull of the RMS Titanic is launched.
1921: Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect.
1931: The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.
1941: At California's March Field, entertainer Bob Hope performs his first USO Show.
1951: The U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begins its closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry S Truman.
1961: U.S. Freedom Riders begin interstate bus rides to test the new U.S. Supreme Court integration decision.
1971: Evel Knievel sets a world record and jumps 19 cars in Ontario, California.
1981: A Minor League Baseball game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, becomes the longest professional baseball game in history: 8 hours and 25 minutes/33 innings
1991: President of Poland Lech Walesa becomes the first Polish president to ever visit the U.S.
2001: The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
2012: Lonesome George, the last known individual of the Pinta Island Tortoise subspecies, dies at a Galapagos National Park, thus making the subspecies extinct
Location of Headstone: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Prophets section
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