103 - Adwon Adwon - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Adwon Adwon wsa born the same year that the Point No Point Treaty was signed in the Washington Territory.
Waymark Code: WMGWH0
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2013
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The final resting place of Adwon Adwon is at the northeast corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the north end of the section. His is a horizontal marker with a family monument nearby.
Text on marker:
Adwon Adwon
1855 - 1958
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Adwon's time on earth:
1855: Walt Whitman registers the title Leaves of Grass with the clerk of the United States District Court, Southern District of New Jersey, and receives its copyright.
1865: American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agrees to the use of African American troops.
1875: Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then to Spain
1885: Good Housekeeping Magazine goes on sale for the first time in the United States.
1895: Daniel David Palmer performed the first Chiropractic Adjustment. Palmer's first patient was Harvey Lillard whose complaint was partial deafness after an injury.
1905: Lochner v. New York: The Supreme Court of the United States invalidates New York's 8-hour-day law.
1915: Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1925: Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signs the Butler Act, prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the state's public schools.
1935: Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs.
1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin hold the Yalta Conference.
1958: 14-year-old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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