100 - Pearle A. Linn - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Pearle Linn was born the same year that the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded
Waymark Code: WMG1PC
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2013
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The final resting place of Pearl A. Linn is at the far southeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, in section 1. Hers is a double flat marker, shared with her husband Ruben.
Text on marker:
Linn
Ruben P.
Nov. 25, 1888
July 27, 1976
Pearle A.
July 31, 1890
Feb. 13, 1991
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Pearle'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: The United States Census estimates the country's population to be about 70 million people
1910: Comet Halley is visible from Earth
1920: Adolf Hitler makes his first public political speech, in Austria
1930: The first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts
1940: Winston Churchill, in his first address as Prime Minister, tells the House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears, and sweat."
1950: The 1950-1951 invasion of Tibet by People's Republic of China begins
1960: In Greensboro, North Carolina, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the Southern United States, and six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same counter
1970: The Who become the first act to perform rock music (their rock opera, Tommy) at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
1980: Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight United States troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation
1991: U.S. serial killer Aileen Wournos confesses to the murders of six men
(source: wikipedia)
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 1
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