On this day in Alberta

1. 1890

   Death of Crowfoot at Blackfoot Crossing

   Isapo-Muxika (Crowfoot), the Siksika chief who led the Blackfoot side of the Treaty 7 negotiations in 1877 and kept his people out of the 1885 North-West Rebellion, died near Blackfoot Crossing on April 25, 1890.

   Dictionary of Canadian Biography ↗

1. 2009
   McKernan/Belgravia station🏗️Founded

   railway station in Edmonton, Canada

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data17 years ago today

2. 2009
   South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park station🏗️Founded

   railway station in Edmonton, Canada

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data17 years ago today

Also on this date

1. 1918
   Pat Egan🎂Born

   Canadian ice hockey player

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data108 years ago today

2. 1953
   Bob Stumpf🎂Born

   Canadian ice hockey defenceman

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data73 years ago today

3. 1969
   Jason Christie🎂Born

   Canadian ice hockey player and coach

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data57 years ago today

4. 1992
   Matt Webster🎂Born

   Canadian football player (born 1992)

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data34 years ago today

5. 1890
   Crowfoot🕯️Died

   Chief of the Siksika

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data136 years ago today

6. 1920
   Alexander Grant MacKay🕯️Died

   Canadian politician (1860-1920)

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data106 years ago today

7. 1946
   Albert Knight🕯️Died

   Cricket player of England. (1872-1946)

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data80 years ago today

8. 1957
   Anthony Hlynka🕯️Died

   Canadian politician

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data69 years ago today

9. 1984
   Ivan Lysiak Rudnytsky🕯️Died

   Ukrainian-Canadian historian (1919-1984)

   Read on Wikipedia↗source data42 years ago today

10. 2020
    Erin Babcock🕯️Died

    Canadian nurse and politician (1981-2020)

    Read on Wikipedia↗source data6 years ago today

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