100 - Sophia Shaw Blakley - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Sophia Blakley was born the same year that John Philip Sousa composed his magnum opus, the Stars and Stripes Forever.
Waymark Code: WMGFD2
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2013
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The final resting place of Sophia Blakley is at the far northeast corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the northwest corner of the section. Hers is a flat marker with a pair of praying hands and a flower etched into the bottom left corner.
Text on headstone:
Mother
Sophia Shaw Blakley
July 20, 1896
Jan. 2, 1997
In His Hands Forever
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Sophia's time on earth:
1896: The shortest war in recorded history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War, starts at 9 in the morning and lasts for 45 minutes of shelling.
1906: Jack London's novel White Fang is serialized in The Outing Magazine
1916: Pancho Villa leads about 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 12 U.S. soldiers. A garrison of the U.S. 13th Cavalry Regiment fights back and drives them away.
1926: Treaty of Berlin: Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
1936: Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind is first published.
1946: At least 800 Indigenous Australian pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest Western Australia, starting one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia.
1956: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act, creating the Interstate Highway System
1966: The Washington Redskins defeat the New York Giants 72–41 in the highest scoring game in NFL history.
1976: A car bomb fatally injures Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.
1986: Operation El Dorado Canyon: At least 15 people die after United States planes bomb targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region
1996: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the BNSF Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U.S. history.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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