100 - Myrtle Green Burkhart - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Myrtle Burkhart was born the same year that U.S. President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in the White House
Waymark Code: WMEQDK
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2012
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The final resting place of Myrtle Green Burkhart is at the southeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the far west side of section 8 just a few feet east of the road. The largest monument in this section is just a few feet away, with the name W.B. Green at the top.
Text on marker:
Mother
Myrtle Green Burkhart
Jan. 23, 1886
Feb. 20, 1986
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Myrtle's time on earth:
1886: A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia
1896: Fannie Farmer published her first cookbook
1906: HMS Dreadnought is launched and sparks the naval race between Britain and Germany
1916: The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored
1926: John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system
1936: The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman Super Chief passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California
1946: The first V-2 rocket is successfully launched at the White Sands Missile Range
1956: Nikita Khrushchev attacks the veneration of Joseph Stalin as a "cult of personality"
1966: United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended
1976: The Maguire Seven are found guilty of possessing explosives and subsequently jailed for 14 years
1986: The first PC virus, Brain, starts to spread
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 8
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