107 - Blanche Lotspeich - Hawkins Cemetery - Arlington, TX
N 32° 39.690 W 097° 11.733
14S E 669216 N 3615200
Blanche Lotspeich was born in 1897, the same year that William McKinley became the 25th President of the United States.
Waymark Code: WMWAQD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/04/2017
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Ms. Lotspeich is buried in historic Hawkins Cemetery, her grave marked by a modern, gray granite headstone. Flowers flank her personal information:
Blanche Lotspeich
February 23, 1897
August 26, 2004
A Strong Exceptional Woman and Mentor
Significant events that occurred during her lifetime include:
1897 - Dos Equis beer is brewed in Mexico for the first time, in anticipation of the twentieth (XX) century. Stay thirsty, my friends.
1907 - The protectorate of Korea is brought firmly under Japanese control.
1917 - The National Hockey League replaces the National Hockey Association.
1927 - Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" premieres.
1937 - Horror fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft dies in Rhode Island.
1947 - Pakistan and India are born.
1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet at a party, later forming a band or two.
1967 - Ronald Reagan becomes governor of California.
1977 - EMI drops the Sex Pistols. They only did it 'cause of fame.
1987 - Rudolf Hess commits suicide in Spandau Prison, while another Nazi, Klaus Barbie, is convicted of war crimes and jailed for life.
1997 - The Hale-Bopp Comet makes its closest approach, and the Heaven's Gate cult commits mass suicide.
2004 - The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn.
Location of Headstone: Hawkins Cemetery
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