102 - Fred E. Remmers - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Fred Remmers was born the same year that The International Copyright Act of 1891 was passed by the Fifty-first United States Congress.
Waymark Code: WMG2TK
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2013
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The final resting place of Fred Remmers is at the far southeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, in section 1. His is a flat marker with the following text:
Fred E. Remmers
February 17, 1891
April 18, 1993
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Fred's lifetime:
1891: The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with maestro Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
1901: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.
1911: Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa launches an attack against government troops in Ciudad Juarez without Madero's permission; the government troops surrender on May 10.
1921: Only thirteen spectators attend the soccer match between Leicester City and Stockport County, the lowest attendance in The Football League's history.
1931: The original film version of Dracula with Bela Lugosi is released.
1941: Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
1951: A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, killing 85 people and injuring over 500, in one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
1961: President Dwight Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
1971: A tsunami 85 m high rises over the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. It throws a 750-ton block of coral 2.5 km inland.
1981: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
1993: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and 5 Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 1
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