101 - Carrie Hobbs Maxwell - Panama City, FL
N 30° 10.909 W 085° 41.057
16R E 626671 N 3339663
Centenarian Carrie Hobbs Maxwell was born on May 10, 1900, and died on March 15, 2002. Her grave is located in the Greenwood Cemetery in Panama City, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMKB7K
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2014
Views: 5
Some Memorable Events during her Birth Year (1900):
* January 3 – The United States Census estimates the country's population to be about 70 million people.
* March 7 – A fire at Buckingham Palace destroys part of its roof.
* March 28 – Over 1,000 tonnes of waste are removed from demolished buildings in Sydney, Australia, in areas affected by an outbreak of the bubonic plague.
* April 30 – Hawaii becomes an official U.S. territory.
* May 17 - L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published in Chicago, the first of Baum's Oz books chronicling the fictional Land of Oz for children.
* July 19 – The first line of the Paris Métro is opened.
* Date Unknown - Milton S. Hershey introduces the milk chocolate Hershey bar in the United States.
Some Memorable Events during her Death Year (2002):
* January 1 – Euro notes and coins are issued in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and the Netherlands.
* February 13 – Queen Elizabeth gives former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani an honorary knighthood.
* March 30 – Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother dies in her sleep at the Royal lodge, aged 101.
* April 18 – The discovery of a new insect order, Mantophasmatodea, is announced.
* May 30 – The final piece of debris from The World Trade Center is removed from Ground Zero.
* June 15 – Near Earth Asteroid 2002 MN misses the planet by 75,000 miles (120,000 km), about 1/3 the distance to the moon.
* September 10 – Switzerland joins the United Nations.
* December 30 – An eruption on the volcanic island Stromboli off the coast of Sicily causes a flank failure and tsunami. The island is later evacuated.
Location of Headstone: Cemetery
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