August
22
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
11 Albertans share 22 August, spanning 1911 to 2020.
- 10 born
- 1 died
1935
Social Credit sweeps to power
William Aberhart's Social Credit movement won Alberta's election in a landslide — the world's first Social Credit government, which would hold office for 36 unbroken years.
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Also on this date
- 1911
- 1931
- 1933Ed ZemrauBorn
Canadian ice hockey player and executive (1933-2012)
Read on Wikipediasource data93 years ago today
- 1935
- 1942
Canadian poet, painter (1942–2009)
Read on Wikipediasource data84 years ago today
- 1946
- 1979Patrick AndersonBorn
Canadian wheelchair basketball player
Read on Wikipediasource data47 years ago today
- 1984
- 1989
- 1997
- 2020
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