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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

August

14

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 14 August, spanning 1914 to 2024.

  • 9 born
  • 2 founded
  • 1 died
Month 8
  1. 1935
    Jasper—EdsonFounded

    former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada (1935–1968)

    Read on Wikipediasource data91 years ago today

  2. 1964
    Glenrose Rehabilitation HospitalFounded

    hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data62 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1914
    William FritzBorn

    Canadian sprinter (1914-1995)

    Read on Wikipediasource data112 years ago today

  2. 1916
    Thomas Christopher BoydBorn

    British politician (1916-2004)

    Read on Wikipediasource data110 years ago today

  3. 1933
    Robert Harold PorterBorn

    Canadian politician (1933–2018)

    Read on Wikipediasource data93 years ago today

  4. 1934
    JR ShawBorn

    Canadian businessman (1934-2020)

    Read on Wikipediasource data92 years ago today

  5. 1946
    Duane CrandallBorn

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data80 years ago today

  6. 1975
    Nolan PrattBorn

    Canadian ice hockey defenceman

    Read on Wikipediasource data51 years ago today

  7. 1989
    Matthew RegisterBorn

    Canadian ice hockey defenceman

    Read on Wikipediasource data37 years ago today

  8. 1995
    Connor McGoughBorn

    professional Canadian football defensive lineman

    Read on Wikipediasource data31 years ago today

  9. 2003
    Xavier McKeeverBorn

    Canadian cross-country skier

    Read on Wikipediasource data23 years ago today

  10. 2024
    Delbar NazariDied

    Afghanistani politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data2 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.