100 - Belle Dutton Davenport - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 17.882 W 081° 37.256
17R E 440291 N 3351973
Centenarian Belle Dutton Davenport was born in 1872, and died in 1972. Her grave is located in Greenlawn Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMJ4GQ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2013
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Some Memorable Events during her Birth Year (1872):
February 13 – Rex, the most famous parade on Mardi Gras, parades for the first time in New Orleans for Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia.
March 1 – In the United States, Yellowstone National Park (once laughingly dubbed "Colter's Hell" after John Colter, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition) is established as the world's first national park.
May 10 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States, although she is a year too young to qualify and does not appear on the ballot.
August 22 – The Overland Telegraph is completed in Australia, providing a telegraphic link between Australia and the rest of the world for the first time.
October 1 – The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College begins its first academic session (the university is later renamed Virginia Tech).
November 5 - U.S. presidential election, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horace Greeley.
November 5 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, American suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time (on November 18 she is served an arrest warrant and in the subsequent trial she is fined $100 – she never pays the fine).
November 9 – Great Boston Fire of 1872: In Boston, Massachusetts, a large fire begins to burn on Lincoln Street (the 2-day disaster destroys about 65 acres (0.26 km2) of the city, 776 buildings, much of the financial district and causes US$60 million in damage).
December 21 – HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth on the 4-year scientific expedition that lays the foundation for the science of oceanography.
Some Memorable Events during her Death Year (1972):
January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395).
January 5 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program.
February 17 – Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model T when the 15,007,034th Beetle is produced.
March 2 - The Pioneer 10 spacecraft is launched from Cape Kennedy, to be the first man-made satellite to leave the solar system.
March 24 - The Godfather is released in cinemas in the United States.
March 30 – Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
April 17 – The first Boston Marathon in which women are officially allowed to compete.
April 22 – Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax finish rowing across the Pacific.
May 24 - The Magnavox Odyssey video game system is first demoed, marking the dawn of the video game age; it goes on sale to the public in August.
July 23 – The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
September 1 - Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion.
October 25 - The first female FBI agents are hired.
December 19 – Apollo program: Apollo 17 returns to Earth, concluding the program of lunar exploration.
December 31 - The US ban on the pesticide DDT takes effect.