104 - John H. Mercer - Mustang Cemetery - Mustang, OK
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John Mercer was born the same year that Wilhelm Steinitz became the first recognized World Chess Champion.
Waymark Code: WMJBF2
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2013
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The final resting place of John H. Mercer is at the northeast corner of Mustang Cemetery. His is an upright double marker shared with his wife Jessie.
Text on marker:
Mercer
Jessie E.
July 26, 1898
Oct. 10, 1965
John H.
Feb. 25, 1886
Nov. 15, 1990
Married May 22, 1918
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during John's time on earth:
1886: Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that corporations have the same rights as living persons.
1896: The opening ceremonies of the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, are held in Athens.
1906: San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, USA, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 million in damages.
1916: Robert Baden-Powell publishes The Wolf Cub's Handbook in the U.K., establishing the basis of the junior section of the Scouting movement, the Wolf Cubs (modern-day Cub Scouts).
1926: U.S. Route 66 is established.
1936: The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman Super Chief passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
1946: In his speech at Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill talks about the Iron Curtain.
1956: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act, creating the Interstate Highway System
1966: Theft of football's FIFA World Cup Trophy whilst on exhibition in London; it is found seven days later by a mongrel dog named "Pickles" and his owner David Corbett wrapped in newspaper in a south London garden.
1976: Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the United States Army.
1986: "Captain Midnight" interrupts the HBO satellite feed.
1990: United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrenders to American forces.
Location of Headstone: Mustang Cemetery
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