102 - Artie M. Dillow - Resthaven Gardens Cemetery - OKC, OK
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Artie M. Dillow was born the same year that Russian Tsar Alexander III was succeeded by his son Nicholas II.
Waymark Code: WMH8YC
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2013
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The final resting place of Artie M. Dillow is at the north side of Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, at the east side of Mausoleum building 1.
Text on marker:
Dillow
N. Lee
1893 - 1975
Artie M.
1894 - 1996
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Artie's time on earth:
1894: Dreyfus affair: French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
1904: Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
1914: Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation.
1924: Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin immediately begins to purge his rivals to clear the way for his leadership.
1934: Frank Capra's It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first of Capra's great screen classics, being the first film to win all 5 of the major Academy Awards – Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. Gable and Colbert receive their only Oscars for this film.
1944: The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
1954: Bill Haley & His Comets record "Rock Around The Clock" thus starting the Rock and Roll craze.
1964: In Manchester, New Hampshire, 14-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment Case "Coolidge vs. New Hampshire
1974: After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.
1984: Beverly Lynn Burns becomes the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.
1996: Chess computer "Deep Blue" defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov for the first time.
Location of Headstone: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Mausoleum
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