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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

August

2

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 2 August, spanning 1920 to 2019.

  • 6 founded
  • 5 born
  • 1 died
Month 8
  1. 1920
    Seba BeachFounded

    human settlement in Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data106 years ago today

  2. 2015
    Battle River—CrowfootFounded

    federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada (Since 2015)

    Read on Wikipediasource data11 years ago today

  3. 2015
    Calgary ConfederationFounded

    federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada (Since 2015)

    Read on Wikipediasource data11 years ago today

  4. 2015
    Calgary HeritageFounded

    federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada (Since 2015)

    Read on Wikipediasource data11 years ago today

  5. 2015
    Edmonton GriesbachFounded

    federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada (Since 2015)

    Read on Wikipediasource data11 years ago today

  6. 2015
    Edmonton RiverbendFounded

    federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada (Since 2015)

    Read on Wikipediasource data11 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1925
    John McCormackBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data101 years ago today

  2. 1968
    Chrystia FreelandBorn

    Canadian politician and journalist (born 1968)

    Read on Wikipediasource data58 years ago today

  3. 1985
    Davey Boy Smith Jr.Born

    Canadian professional wrestler and actor

    Read on Wikipediasource data41 years ago today

  4. 1991
    Tanner BoserBorn

    Canadian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

    Read on Wikipediasource data35 years ago today

  5. 1992
    Michael CoxBorn

    Canadian soccer player

    Read on Wikipediasource data34 years ago today

  6. 2019
    Deepak ObhraiDied

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data7 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.