103 - Elsie Lee Brown - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 31.976 W 097° 32.131
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Elsie Brown was born the same year that Robert Peary set sail for the North Pole.
Waymark Code: WMJ578
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2013
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The final resting place of Elsie Brown is at the norheast side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the far northeast corner of section 11. Hers is a horizontal marker, near an upright monument with the name Brown.
Text on marker:
Daughter
Elsie Lee
1908 - 2011
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Elsie's time on earth:
1908: Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.
1918: 1918 flu pandemic: "Spanish 'flu" (influenza) first observed in Haskell County, Kansas
1928: The 1928 Winter Olympics are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first as a separate event. Sonja Henie of Norway wins her first gold medal in women's figure skating.
1938: Italian mathematician Ettore Majorana disappears suddenly under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples.
1948: McCollum v. Board of Education: The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violates the U.S. Constitution.
1958: An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
1968: A demonstration in London's Grosvenor Square against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War leads to violence; 91 people are injured, 200 demonstrators arrested.
1978: The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law.
1988: Mehran Karimi Nasseri, "The terminal man", decides to stay at the De Gaulle Airport in Paris, where he will continue to reside until August 1, 2006.
1998: CBS telecasts The Wizard of Oz for the last time
2011: The world's first artificial organ transplant is achieved, using an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 11
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