101 - Frank Foster - Clara Cemetery - Clara, TX
N 34° 05.182 W 098° 42.350
14S E 527137 N 3771770
Frank Foster was born during a year that Halley's Comet visited us.
Waymark Code: WMVG48
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2017
Views: 0
Mr. Foster's headstone is small, of white marble, with two sheafs of wheat flanking his name, "Frank Foster", and "1910 - 2012" below. While
Findagrave notes his death date as January 1, an
obituary indicates January 2, mentioning that he was a farmer and rancher.
Significant events that occurred during his lifetime include:
1910 - The Mexican Revolution begins in November.
1920 - The Boston Red Sox trade Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, and regret it for a hundred years.
1930 - Hostess Twinkies are introduced.
1940 - Woody Woodpecker makes his first appearance. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
1950 - The Korean War begins in June.
1960 - The Soviet Union shoots down a spy plane flown by CIA operative, Francis Gary Powers.
1970 - The North Tower of the World Trade Center is completed, making it the tallest building in the world at the time.
1980 - The world of music loses Bon Scott (AC/DC), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), and John Lennon (The Beatles).
1990 - The Berlin Wall begins to come down, and Germany is reunited.
2000 - The final Peanuts strip is published just a day after the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
2010 - Rock legend Ronnie James Dio dies in May.