August
31
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
12 Albertans share 31 August, spanning 1940 to 1998.
- 11 born
- 1 died
1883
Calgary Herald's first issue
Printer Andrew Armour and schoolteacher Thomas Braden published the first issue of the Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate and General Advertiser — a four-page weekly of about 150 copies, run off a hand press in a tent, weeks after the CPR's arrival brought the press to the young townsite.
The Canadian Encyclopedia — Calgary Herald ↗
Also on this date
- 1940
- 1943
- 1969Paul MatherBorn
Canadian television writer and producer
Read on Wikipediasource data57 years ago today
- 1969
- 1972
- 1973
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1973)
Read on Wikipediasource data53 years ago today
- 1982
- 1984
- 1989
- 1997
- 1998
- 1952
Ukrainian Basilian priest and biblical scholar (1880–1952)
Read on Wikipediasource data74 years ago today
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