On this day in Alberta

1. 1978

   Edmonton opens its LRT

   Edmonton opened its LRT in time for the Commonwealth Games — the first modern light rail system built in a North American city of under a million people.

   City of Edmonton (ETS history) ↗

1. 1978
   Edmonton Light Rail Transit🏗️Founded

   light rail transit system in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data48 years ago today

Also on this date

1. 1930
   Severian Yakymyshyn🎂Born

   Canadian emeritus bishop (1930-2021)

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data96 years ago today

2. 1931
   Robert Dickson🎂Born

   Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2023)

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data95 years ago today

3. 1953
   Tom Lysiak🎂Born

   Canadian ice hockey player (1953-2016)

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data73 years ago today

4. 1955
   William Sweet🎂Born

   Canadian political philosopher

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data71 years ago today

5. 1959
   Catherine Mary Stewart🎂Born

   actress

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data67 years ago today

6. 1968
   Zarley Zalapski🎂Born

   Canadian ice hockey player (1968-2017)

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data58 years ago today

7. 1979
   Kristie Moore🎂Born

   Canadian female curler

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data47 years ago today

8. 1986
   Justin Pogge🎂Born

   Canadian ice hockey goaltender

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data40 years ago today

9. 1988
   TJ Galiardi🎂Born

   Canadian ice hockey player

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data38 years ago today

10. 1997
    Grant Fisher🎂Born

    American athletics competitor

    Read on Wikipedia↗source data29 years ago today

11. 1913
    Amelia Yeomans🕯️Died

    Canadian physician, suffragist (1842–1913)

    Read on Wikipedia↗source data113 years ago today

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.