100 - Mabel C. Fry - Yukon Cemetery - Yukon, OK
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Mabel Fry was born the same year that the eight-hour workday was first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States.
Waymark Code: WMJRP3
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2013
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The final resting place of Mabel Fry is at the south side of Yukon Cemetery, just south of the drive.
Text on marker:
Mabel C. Fry
Mar. 29, 1884
Feb. 15, 1985
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Mabel's time on earth:
1884: The invention of local anaesthesia by Karl Koller is made public at a medical congress in Heidelberg, Germany.
1894: Coxey's Army (of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from Massillon, Ohio, for Washington, D.C.
1904: The Trans-Siberian railway is completed.
1914: Baseball legend Babe Ruth makes his major league debut with the Red Sox.
1924: Mercedes-Benz is formed by the merging companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz.
1934: Persia becomes Iran.
1944: The German navy's Enigma messages are decoded almost in real time.
1954: The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference.
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: Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina, replacing her sick husband Juan Perón, who dies two days later.
1985: Nelson Mandela rejects an offer of freedom from the South African government.
Location of Headstone: Yukon Cemetery
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