105 - Henry T. McCarty - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Henry T. McCarty was born the same year that Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
Waymark Code: WMGNRK
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2013
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The final resting place of Henry T. McCarty is near the center of Rose Hill Burial Park, east of the lake and at the southwest corner of section 10. His is a horizontal marker with the following text:
Father
Henry T. McCarty
1850 - 1955
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Henry's time on earth:
1850: The hippopotamus Obaysch arrives at London Zoo from Egypt, the first seen in Europe since Roman times.
1860: The Pony Express begins its first run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California.
1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1880: Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre in New York City.
1890: The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware. Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM.
1900: In France, the length of a legal workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours.
1910: Comet Halley is visible from Earth.
1920: Prohibition in the United States begins with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect.
1930: Warner Bros. in the United States release their first cartoon series called Looney Tunes which runs until 1969.
1940: In Tibet, province of Ando, 4-year-old Tenzin Gyatso is proclaimed the tulku (rebirth) of the fourteenth Dalai Lama.
1950: U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.
1955: The Salk polio vaccine, having passed large-scale trials earlier in the United States, receives full approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 10
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