100 - Nova Estheu Mayo - Petrolia, TX
N 34° 00.222 W 098° 13.919
14S E 570922 N 3762832
Nova Estheu Mayo was born in 1905, the year that Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt married.
Waymark Code: WMHMZG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2013
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Nova is buried in Petrolia Cemetery in Petrolia, TX. Her modern, gray, granite headstone features her personal information, framed by flowers. It says:
Nova Estheu
Mayo
Sept. 26, 1905
June 14, 2006
Significant events that happened in her lifetime:
1905 - Cliff Arquette, best known as "Charlie Weaver" on The Hollywood Squares, is born. His grandchildren are better known in 2013.
1915 - In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
1925 - John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
1935 - Babe Ruth signs with the Boston Braves.
1945 - Adolf Hitler has the rant made popular by the movie, "Downfall." He concedes that Germany has lost the war.
1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC in the United States.
1965 - Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in the first round of their championship rematch.
1975 - The city of Saigon is surrendered and remaining Americans are evacuated, ending the Vietnam War.
1985 - Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, is captured in Los Angeles.
1995 - Microsoft releases Windows '95
2005 - The trial of Saddam Hussein begins in Iraq.
2006 - Pope Benedict XVI issues his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est.
Location of Headstone: Petrolia Cemetery - Petrolia, TX
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