104 - Florence Pryor - Resthaven Gardens - OKC, OK
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N 35° 21.692 W 097° 31.785
14S E 633574 N 3914128
Florence Pryor was born the same year that Fannie Farmer published her first cookbook
Waymark Code: WMG7CY
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2013
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The final resting place of Florence Pryor is at the far west side of Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, just inside the entrance. Hers is a horizontal marker, with a small cross and flowers etched into the top, and a stem of flowers and leaves etched into both sides.
Text on headstone:
Florence Pryor
1896 2000
In Loving Memory
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Florence's time on earth:
1896: The first known women's basketball game between two colleges is played between Stanford and California.
1906: The RMS Lusitania is launched in Glasgow. It is the world's largest ship.
1916: More than 1 million soldiers die during the Battle of the Somme, including 60,000 casualties for the British Commonwealth on the first day.
1926: A decree in Italy bans women from holding public office.
1936: H. R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, wins a race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights, beating Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of the New York Times. The flight takes 18½ days.
1946: At the Los Alamos Laboratory, Dr. Louis Slotin saves his coworkers but receives a fatal dose of ionizing radiation (the incident is initially classified).
1956: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act, creating the Interstate Highway System
1966: United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
1976: The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
1986: United States Navy divers find the largely intact but heavily damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger; the bodies of all seven astronauts are still inside.
1996: The British Government announces that Bovine spongiform encephalopathy has been likely transmitted to people
2000: The last natural Pyrenean Ibex is found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree
Location of Headstone: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery
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