101 - Blanche P. Collins - Fairlawn Cemetery - Stillwater, OK
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Blanche Collins was born the same year that the International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. fixed the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian.
Waymark Code: WMHX44
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2013
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The final resting place of Blanche Collins is at the northeast corner of Fairlawn Cemetery, near the center of the section.
Text on marker:
Blanche P. Collins
May 3, 1884 - April 13, 1986
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Blanche's time on earth:
1884: United States presidential election, 1884: Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.
1894: New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
1904: The third Modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis, Missouri, United States as part of the World's Fair.
1914: Katherine Routledge and her husband arrive in Easter Island to make the first true study of it (they depart August 1915)
1924: American media company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is founded in Los Angeles, California.
1934: The United States Congress makes the Philippines a self-governing commonwealth and schedules independence for 1944. Sugar imports are reduced and immigration is limited to 50 Filipino people per year.
1944: The "Great Escape": 76 Royal Air Force prisoners of war escape by tunnel "Harry" from Stalag Luft III this night. Only three. two Norwegians and a Dutchman, return to the UK; of those recaptured, fifty are executed.
1954: Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory at Madison Square Garden, in the first televised boxing prize fight to be shown in colour.
1964: Ranger 6 is launched by NASA, on a mission to carry television cameras and crash-land on the Moon.
1974: The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon makes its first flight at Edwards AFB, CA.
1986: The 58th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California, with Out of Africa winning Best Picture.
Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery
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