102 - Nellie Hogan Campbell - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Nellie Hogan Campbell was born the same year that the Preakness Stakes horse race was run for the first time (in Baltimore, Maryland).
Waymark Code: WMGRQQ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2013
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The final resting place of Nellie Hogan Campbell is at the south side of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the south end of the section. Hers is a light grey, horizontal marker with the following text:
Nellie Hogan Campbell
Mar. 15, 1873 Aug. 7, 1975
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Nellie's time on earth:
1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received United States patent#139121 for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets of denim work pants.
1883: The world's first rodeo is held in Pecos, Texas.
1893: New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote.
1903: The town of Heppner, Oregon, is nearly destroyed by a cloud burst that resulted in a flash flood that kills an estimated 238 people.
1913: Pancho Villa returns to Mexico from his self-imposed exile in the United States.
1923: Time Magazine hits newsstands in the United States for the first time.
1933: The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States
1943: Publication in New York of exiled French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's self-illustrated children's novella The Little Prince, the all-time best-selling book originated in French.
1953: President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
1963: The Beatles record their debut album Please Please Me in a single day at the Abbey Road Studios in London.
1975: Charlie Chaplin is knighted by Elizabeth II.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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