100 - Dicie Griffy - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Dicie Griffy was born the same year that Spanish rule ended in Cuba.
Waymark Code: WMG8WW
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2013
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The final resting place of Dicie Griffy is at the northeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, just a few feet east of the road. Hers is a flat brown marker that is close to a tree.
Text on headstone:
Dicie Griffy
1899 - 1999
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Dicie's time on earth:
1899: Female outlaw Pearl Hart robs a stage coach 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.
1909: Louis Bleriot is the first man to fly across the English Channel (thus a large open body of water) in a heavier-than-air craft.
1919: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
1929: Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).
1939: Lina Medina, a 5-year old Peruvian girl, gives birth to a baby boy, becoming the youngest confirmed mother in medical history.
1949: U.S. Harry S. Truman announced that the USSR had the atomic bomb
1959: The Barbie doll debuts.
1969: The United States Navy establishes Navy Fighter Weapons School(also known as TOP GUN) at Naval Air Station Miramar.
1979: Schoolchildren in the Central African Empire are arrested (and around 100 killed) for protesting against compulsory school uniforms. An African judicial commission later determines that Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa "almost certainly" took part in the massacre.
1989: President of the United States Ronald Reagan delivers his farewell address to the nation.
1999: Bill Gates personal fortune exceeds 100 Billion U.S. dollars, due to the increased value of Microsoft stock.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial park, Rose Lawn section
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