103 - Myrtle L. Williams - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Myrtle L. Williams was born the same year that Theodore Roosevelt became the first American President to ride in an automobile when he rides in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
Waymark Code: WMH4XR
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2013
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The final resting place of Myrtle L. Williams is at the west side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the north side of the section. Hers is a horizontal marker with the following text:
Mother
Myrtle L. Williams
1902 - 2005
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Myrtle's time on earth:
1902: In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000.
1912: The Girl Scouts is founded by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia.
1922: The State of Massachusetts opens all public offices to women.
1932: Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes
1942: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
1952: Nearly 58,000 cases of polio are reported in the U.S.; 3,145 die and 21,269 are left with mild to disabling paralysis
1962: American artist Andy Warhol premieres his Campbell's Soup Cans exhibit in Los Angeles.
1972: Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion.
1982:A rally against nuclear weapons draws 750,000 to New York City's Central Park. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt attend.
1992: The Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-American team to win the World Series.
2005: YouTube was launched: the first video was uploaded at 20:27.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 14
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