101 - Mary Belle Jay - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Mary Belle Jay was born the same year that Booker T. Washington delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech
Waymark Code: WMEMM3
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2012
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The final resting place of Mary Belle Jay is at the northeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, near the center of the "Love" section. Hers is a flat, dark marker laid next to an identical one for her spouse, Frederick J. Jay.
Text on headstone:
Mary Belle Jay
Beloved Wife
1895 - 1996
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Mary Bell's time on earth:
1895: Oscar Hammerstein opens the Olympia Theatre, the first theatre to be built in NYC's Times Square district
1905: Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China
1915: Harry Houdini does one of his straitjacket escape performances
1925: Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy
1935: The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey
1945: Infantry action at Holtzwihr, France, for which Audie Murphy is awarded the Medal of Honor
1955: The Brooklyn Dodgers finally win the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 2–0 in Game 7 of the 1955 baseball playoff
1965: Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 civil rights activists in the third march from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery
1975: Two FBI agents and 1 AIM member die in a shootout, at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota
1985: Nelson Mandela rejects an offer of freedom from the South African government
1996: A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving 8 dead. By the end of the month, at least 4 other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, "Love" section
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