100 - Grace Carpenter - Resthaven Gardens - OKC, OK
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N 35° 21.677 W 097° 31.317
14S E 634283 N 3914111
Grace Carpenter was born five days after the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889: at high noon in Oklahoma Territory (Apr. 22), thousands rush to claim land. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed, with populations of at least 10,000
Waymark Code: WMHN8J
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2013
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The final resting place of Grace Carpenter is at the east side of Resthaven Gardens, at the northeast corner of the Prophets section.
Text on marker:
Grace Carpenter
A Bright Star in the Sky
Apr 27, 1889
Apr 13, 1990
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Grace's time on earth:
1889: Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
1899: Felix Hoffmann patents aspirin and Bayer registers its name as a trademark.
1909: Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, and four Eskimo explorers come within a few miles of the North Pole.
1919: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
1929: Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).
1939: Major League Baseball's Lou Gehrig, the legendary Yankee first baseman known as "The Iron Horse", ends his 2,130 consecutive games played streak after contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The record stands for 56 years before Cal Ripken, Jr. plays 2,131 consecutive games.
1949: Grady the Cow, a 1,200-pound cow, gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in Yukon, Oklahoma and garners national media attention in the United States.
1959: The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are married at Gibraltar, and proceed to their honeymoon "Bed-In" for peace in Amsterdam.
1979: Khomeini seizes power in Iran, overthrowing Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
1990: Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
Location of Headstone: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery
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