102 - Lena Daniel - Fairlawn Cemetery - Stillwater, OK
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Lena Daniel was born the same year that Rudolf Diesel patented the Diesel engine in Germany.
Waymark Code: WMHEVV
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2013
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The final resting place of Lena Daniel is at the southwest corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the north end of the section. Hers is an upright, double marker shared with her spouse Joseph.
Text on marker:
Daniel
Lena
Mar. 11, 1895
July 29, 1997
Joseph
Apr. 1, 1894
Nov. 24, 1934
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Lena's time on earth:
1895: The Court of Private Land Claims rules that James Reavis's claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent".
1905: Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles
1915: An act of the United States Congress designates the United States Coast Guard, begun in 1790, as a military branch.
1925: The inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as President of the United States becomes the first to be broadcast on radio.
1935: Persia is renamed Iran.
1945: The Scott Morrison Award of Minor Hockey Excellence was first given; first recipient is Gordie Howe
1955: Claudette Colvin (a fifteen-year-old African-American girl) refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white woman after the driver demands it. She is carried off the bus backwards while being kicked and handcuffed and harassed on the way to the police station.
1965: A new red and white maple leaf design is inaugurated as the flag of Canada, replacing the Union Flag and the Canadian Red Ensign.
1975: Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC.
1985: Nelson Mandela rejects an offer of freedom from the South African government.
1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State, after confirmation by the United States Senate.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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