101 - Tracy H. Spencer - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Tracy Spencer was born the same year that 12,000 NYC tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
Waymark Code: WMGE84
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2013
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The final resting place of Tracy Spencer is at the very far east side of Fairlawn Cemetery, just a few feet from the border fence. Hers is a horizontal marker with the following text:
Tracy H. Spencer
January 18, 1894
June 21, 1995
Some worldwide eventa and accomplishments that occurred during Tracy's time on earth:
1894: Russian Tsar Alexander III is succeeded by his son Nicholas II.
1904: The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens.
1914: Baseball legend Babe Ruth makes his major league debut with the Red Sox.
1924: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1934: Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
1944: German SS troops under Joachim Peiper machine gun American prisoners of war captured during the Battle of the Bulge near Malmedy and elsewhere in Belgium.
1954: American journalists Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly produce a 30-minute See It Now documentary, entitled A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy
1964: The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, marking their first live performance on American television. Seen by an estimated 73 million viewers, the appearance becomes the catalyst for the mid-1960s "British Invasion" of American popular music.
1974: A Japanese World War II soldier, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, surrenders in the Philippines.
1984: United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes
1995: The Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th reincarnation of the Panchen Lama.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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