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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

April

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Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 1 April, spanning 1927 to 2008.

  • 8 born
  • 3 died
  • 1 founded
Month 4
  1. 1932

    RCMP replaces the Alberta Provincial Police

    The Alberta Provincial Police, created in 1917, was disbanded on April 1, 1932 as a Depression-era cost-cutting measure, and the RCMP's K Division took over policing the province under contract.

    Provincial Archives of Alberta
  1. 2008

    health centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data18 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1927
    Craig MackayBorn

    Canadian speed skater (1927-2020)

    Read on Wikipediasource data99 years ago today

  2. 1944

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data82 years ago today

  3. 1948
    Billy MooresBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data78 years ago today

  4. 1950

    Canadian writer

    Read on Wikipediasource data76 years ago today

  5. 1952

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data74 years ago today

  6. 1965
    Brad BerryBorn

    Canadian ice hockey defenceman

    Read on Wikipediasource data61 years ago today

  7. 1971

    Premier of Alberta since 2022

    Read on Wikipediasource data55 years ago today

  8. 1983

    Canadian freestyle skier

    Read on Wikipediasource data43 years ago today

  9. 1935

    Canadian politician (1879–1935)

    Read on Wikipediasource data91 years ago today

  10. 1973
    Lawrence KindtDied

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data53 years ago today

  11. 2000
    Eric BishopDied

    Canadian sports journalist (1926-2000)

    Read on Wikipediasource data26 years ago today

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Compiled from Wikidata, whose data is released under CC0. Every entry links its Wikipedia article so you can check it. Nothing here is written by AI — each line is the label, description and date Wikidata holds, in a fixed format. That also means the coverage is Wikidata's: it leans heavily towards people with Wikipedia articles, and towards hockey. Alberta history is much larger than this page, which is why most days have no recorded event to lead with and the page says so rather than filling the space. Where a day opens with a highlighted entry above the timeline, that is a curated item: written, sourced to the page it links, and approved before it appeared here.