100 - Douglas Aubrey Moodie - Nepean, Ontario
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N 45° 19.366 W 075° 49.584
18T E 435233 N 5019138
Douglas Aubrey Moodie, born 1908, Died 2008 at the age of 100 years
Waymark Code: WMKJTA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/22/2014
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The final resting place of Douglas Aubrey Moodie is at the Bells Corners Union Cemetery.
Text on marker:
MOODIE
DOUGLAS AUBREY
1908 ----- 2008
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ELLA R. HAND
1908 ----- 2003
IN LOVING MEMORY
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Douglas Aubrey's time on earth:
1908:Anne of Green Gables is first published, having a great effect on Prince Edward Island.
1918:Canadian women (except status Indians) obtain the right to vote in federal elections (even if they did not yet have the right to vote in provincial elections); some limited women's suffrage had been granted the year earlier. Status Indians gained federal suffrage in 1960
1928: English bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
1938:Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first cel-animated feature in motion picture history, is released in the United States following a premiere the previous year.
1948:The Dominion of Newfoundland votes 52% to 48% to join the foreign nation of Canada in a questionable referendum.
1958:The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
1968:The laws creating Canada's Medicare system come into effect
1978:The first computer bulletin board system (CBBS) is created in Chicago.
1988:The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring (perestroika) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev (though Gorbachev had begun minor restructuring in 1985).
1998:The first euro coins are minted in Pessac, France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999.
2008:The Apple iPhone is expected to be released on Rogers Wireless service provider.
Location of Headstone: Bels Corners Union Cemetery
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