100 - Steve Belenky - Carstairs, Alberta
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To located the Carstairs Cemetery, from Hwy. 2A turn west on Gough Road/Township Road 302 continue about 850 meters to entrance.
Waymark Code: WMM17N
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 07/01/2014
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Steve Belenky was born September 10, 1887 and he died on July 2, 1988 at the age of 100.
The Carstairs Cememtery is a small community cemetery, however the town of Carstairs is planning an expansion to the Northside of the cemetery. There are approximately 1,055 interments including Steve and, his wife Pearl, Belenky. Pearl preceeded Steve in death just two months prior to his death.
Steve Belenky lived through many events that took place in Alberta and thoughout Canada and the United States. He witnessed the tragic events of WW I and WW II and the Korean War.
1887 - September 10 - Steve Belenky was born.
1888 - Surrounding the area of Carstairs was first surveyed.
1889 - June 3 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast.
1890 - July 1 - Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
1896 - Gold is discovered in the Klondike.
1899 - October 30 - The first Canadian troops sent overseas participate in the Boer War.
1900 - Carstairs' first post office was established
1905 - September 1 - Alberta 8th Canadian provinces
1907 - November - Canada Dry Ginger Ale is first bottled.
1907 - September 23 - Proclamation sets fineness & weight of silver & bronze coins of Canada
1908 - Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is published.
1908 - January 2 - Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa
1909 - The first powered, heavier-than-air flight in Canada is made
1910 - May 4 - Royal Canadian Navy formed.
1914 - August 4 - The First World War begins. Britain declares war on Germany on behalf of the British Empire, including Canada.
1917 - Women won the right to vote
1918 - October 25 - Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska - 398 die
1918 - Novemer 11 - End of World War I.
1919 - December 2 - Canadian National Railways established
1920 - April 15 - New Canadian small cent coin is released
1924 - April 1 - The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
1927 - First coast-to-coast radio broadcast is made.
1928 - At the first Olympics in which women may compete.
1928 - February 19 - Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal
1929 - North American stock markets crash and the Great Depression begin.
1929 - October 18 - Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law
1930 - Cairine Reay Wilson is the first woman in Canada appointed to the Senate.
1934 - The birth of the Dionne quintuplets attracts international media attention.
1936 - 780 Canadians died in longest and deadliest heat wave from Alberta to Ontario
1936 - January 6 - Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor
1938 - August 18 - FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US and Canada
1939 - German dictator Adolf Hitler invades and occupies Poland.
1939 - September 10 - Canada declared war on Germany
1941 - December 7 - Attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941 - Japanese interred in B.C. interior after bombing of Pearl Harbor.
1942 - Over 22,000 Canadians of Japanese descent are interned and evacuated as security risks.
1944 - October 6 - Canadians free Austria
1945 - May 8 - End of World War II.
1950 - June 25 1950 - Korean War begins.
1953 - July 27 - Armistice agreement was signed ending the Korean War.
1958 - June 17 - Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver - opened
1959 - June 3 - Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon 1965 - February 15 - Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada
1966 - Carstairs was incorporated
1968 - April 20 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM
1969 - Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
1969 - July 7 - Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
1972 - The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada
1977 - Belenky Holdings Ltd. established
1979 - September 5 - Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale
1980 - July 1 - O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
1988 - July 2, Sadly, Steve Belenky passes away at the age of 100.
Location of Headstone: Carstairs Cemetery
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