102 - Wayne S. Link - El Reno Cemetery - El Reno, OK
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Wayne Link was born the same year that Henri Matisse began to teach at the Académie Matisse in Paris, a private and non-commercial art school.
Waymark Code: WMJMG5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2013
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The final resting place of Wayne Link is at the southeast side of El Reno Cemetery, at the northwest corner of the section.
Text on marker:
Link
Ruth E.
Feb. 14, 1907
Nov. 23, 1989
Wayne S.
Dec. 13, 1907
Mar. 22, 2010
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Wayne's time on earth:
1907: An explosion in a coal mine in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania kills 239.
1917: Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying
1927: U.S. Bureau of Prohibition founded (under Department of the Treasury).
1937: U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.
1947: The 19th Academy Awards ceremony is held. The movie Best Years of Our Lives wins the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with several other Academy Awards.
1957: Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the 3rd and final time. He is only shown from the waist up, even during the gospel segment, singing "Peace In The Valley".
1967: The United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty.
1977: Roots begins its phenomenally successful run on ABC.
1987: The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
1997: IBM's Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, the first time a computer beats a chess World champion in a match.
2010: The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.
Location of Headstone: El Reno Cemetery
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