101 - Mary Ellen Cox - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 31.833 W 097° 32.430
14S E 632321 N 3932861
Mary Ellen Cox was born the same year that Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, became the first person to buy an American-built automobile when he buys a Winton automobile that had been advertised in Scientific American.
Waymark Code: WMHJJC
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2013
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The final resting place of Mary Ellen Cox is at the southwest corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, near the center of the section.
Text on marker:
Mother
Mary Ellen Cox
Feb. 23, 1898
Sept. 1, 1999
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Mary's time on earth:
1898: Secondo Pia takes the first photographs of the Shroud of Turin and discovers that the image on Shroud itself appears to be a photographic negative.
1908: The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London
1918: Moscow becomes the capital of Soviet Russia; The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31)
1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for his first Transatlantic flight.
1938: Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia
1948: U.S. President Truman signs Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces.
1958: The Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 23–17 to win the NFL Championship Game, the first to go into sudden death overtime and "The Greatest Game Ever Played"
1968: Former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis on the Greek island of Skorpios.
1978: Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1988: Pan Am Flight 103 is blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing a total of 270 people. Those responsible are believed to be Libyans.
1999: The 71st Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California with Shakespeare in Love winning Best Picture.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 14
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