104 - Lillie B. Copeland - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Lillie B. Copeland was born the same year that Aristides won the first Kentucky Derby.
Waymark Code: WMGFJ1
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2013
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The final resting place of Lillie B. Copeland is at the far northeast corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the north end of the section. Hers is horizontal marker shared with her spouse James.
Text on headstone:
Copeland
Mother
Lillie B.
1875 - 1979
Father
James J.
1866 - 1943
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Lillie's time on earth:
1875: A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
1885: Grover Cleveland succeeds Chester A. Arthur as President of the United States.
1895: The Court of Private Land Claims rules that James Reavis' claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent".
1905: Rotary International is founded.
1915: The controversial film, The Birth of a Nation, directed by D.W. Griffith, premieres in Los Angeles, California.
1925: The Ku Klux Klan demonstrate their popularity by holding a parade in Washington DC; as many as 40,000 male and female members of the Klan march down Pennsylvania Avenue.
1935: Bruno Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr.
1945: 980 Japanese soldiers die as a result of a killing spree by long saltwater crocodiles in Ramree, Burma
1955: Joe Brown and George Band are the first to attain the summit of Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, as part of a British team led by Charles Evans.
1965: State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place with the largest assembly of statesmen in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II
1975: Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title.
1979: The annual Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana is canceled due to a strike called by the New Orleans Police Department.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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