102 - Grayce (Scheer) Wynd - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Grayce Wynd was born the same year that the first New Year's Eve celebration was held in Times Square, NYC
Waymark Code: WMGJ58
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2013
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The final resting place of Grayce Wynd is at the northwest corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the east side of the section. Hers is a horizontal marker with a cross and flowers etched into the top center.
Text on headstone:
Grayce E. (Scheer) Wynd
june 18, 1904 Nov. 9, 2006
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Grayce's time on earth:
1904: New Zealand dolphin Pelorus Jack is individually protected by Order in Council under the Sea Fisheries Act
1914: In Massachusetts, the new Cape Cod Canal opens; it will shorten the trip between New York and Boston by 66 miles, but it also turns Cape Cod into an island
1924: Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall.
1934: Rudyard Kipling and William Butler Yeats are awarded the Gothenburg Prize for Poetry.
1944: At Anzio, Italian forces launch a counteroffensive.
1954: After authorizing $385 million over the $400 million already budgeted for military aid to Vietnam, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
1964: Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa is convicted by a federal jury of tampering with a federal jury in 1962.
1974: Swedish pop group ABBA win the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo.
1984: Michael Jackson is accidentally severely burned at the filming of a Pepsi commercial.
1994: In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet to attend The Citadel, but soon drops out.
2006: The 2006 FIFA World Cup is played in Germany.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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