107 - Miriam McGuffin West - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 32.017 W 097° 32.051
14S E 632888 N 3933209
Miriam West was born the same year that King William III of the Netherlands died without a male heir, and his daughter Princess Wilhelmina becomes Queen, causing Luxembourg (who required a male heir) to declare independence.
Waymark Code: WMEG3B
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2012
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The final resting place of Miriam McGuffin West is at the east side of Rose Hill Burial Park, in the first section west of the Mausoleum. Hers is a flat white stone on the far east side of the section, about 20 feet north of the road. There are numerous West headstones near Miriam's.
Text on Miriam's marker:
Miriam McGuffin West
Oct. 18, 1890
Mar. 1, 1998
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Miriam's lifetime:
1890: In West Point, New York, the United States Navy defeats the United States Army 24–0 in the first Army–Navy Game
1900: Brigham H. Roberts of Utah is not seated by the U.S. House of Representatives because of his plural marriage
1910: African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats American boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States
1920: London County Council bars foreigners from council jobs
1930: The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh works
1940: The Selective Service System lottery is held in Washington, D.C.
1950: University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they have named "californium"
1960: Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a table at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, his way of protesting the discussion of the Soviet Union's policies toward Eastern Europe
1970: Teenagers in the United Kingdom vote for the first time, in a by-election in Bridgwater
1980: June 23–September 6 – The 1980 United States heat wave claims 1,700 lives
1990: Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide Web
1998: NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 13
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