103 - Nellie N. Hazelwood - Chapel Hill Cemetery - OKC, OK
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N 35° 34.461 W 097° 40.275
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Centenarian Nellie N. Hazelwood is laid to rest on the southwest side of Chapel Hill Cemetery
Waymark Code: WM10HD5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2019
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The final resting place of centenarian Nellie N. Hazelwood is marked by a single horizontal headstone.
Here is the findagrave memorial for Nellie:
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Text on marker:
Nellie N. Hazelwood
June 27, 1897 - Oct. 11, 2000
Some historical events that occurred during Nellie's lifetime:
1897: Francis P. Church responds to a letter to the editor that is known as the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter.
1907: Robert Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, England.
1917: Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying.
1927: Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
1937: William H. Hastie becomes the first African American appointed to a federal judgeship in the United States.
1947: Multiple tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 181 and injuring 970.
1957: Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.
1967: Martin Luther King Jr. denounces the Vietnam War during his sermon at the Riverside Church in New York City.
1977: The Toronto Blue Jays play their first game of baseball against the Chicago White Sox.
1987: World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.
2000: The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.