102 - Maria C. F. Jahn - Salt Lake City Cemetery - SLC, UT
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N 40° 46.504 W 111° 51.773
12T E 427183 N 4514145
Maria Jahn was born the same year that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in Chicago.
Waymark Code: WMZRN7
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
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The final resting place of Maria Jahn is at Salt Lake City Cemetery, at the far SW side. Hers is an upright, single marker placed on a flat base.

Text on marker:

Hier ruht in Frieden
Maria C. F. Jahn
Mar. 25, 1900
Sept. 15, 2002
Auf Wiedersehen

Some important events that occurred during Maria's lifetime:

1900: Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons
1910: William D. Boyce founds the Boy Scouts of America
1920: The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
1930: Warner Bros. in the United States release their first cartoon series, called Looney Tunes
1940: Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award
1950: Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from the Brink's armored car company headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts
1960: Elvis Presley's song "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is recorded for the first time.
1970: American President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette television advertisements in the United States from January 1, 1971.
1980: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher delivers her famous "The lady's not for turning" speech.
1990: East Germany and West Germany announce they will unite on October 3
2002: NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system
Location of Headstone: Salt Lake City Cemetery

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