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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

December

12

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 Albertans share 12 December, spanning 1912 to 1995.

  • 9 born
  • 3 died
Month 12
  1. 1938

    Canada's first mosque opens

    The Al-Rashid Mosque, the first mosque built in Canada, opened in Edmonton on December 12, 1938, funded by a community campaign famously driven by the city's Muslim women, who canvassed Muslims, Christians and Jews alike to pay for it.

    Wikipedia — Al-Rashid Mosque

Also on this date

  1. 1912

    Canadian ice hockey goaltender

    Read on Wikipediasource data114 years ago today

  2. 1932

    Canadian politician (1932-2013)

    Read on Wikipediasource data94 years ago today

  3. 1937

    Canadian hockey player (1937–2018)

    Read on Wikipediasource data89 years ago today

  4. 1937

    Canadian politician and activist

    Read on Wikipediasource data89 years ago today

  5. 1943

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data83 years ago today

  6. 1949
    Alex DevlinBorn

    Canadian basketball player

    Read on Wikipediasource data77 years ago today

  7. 1984
    Mike MooreBorn

    Canadian ice hockey defenceman

    Read on Wikipediasource data42 years ago today

  8. 1990

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data36 years ago today

  9. 1995
    Mark O'HaraBorn

    footballer

    Read on Wikipediasource data31 years ago today

  10. 1916
    Albert LacombeDied

    Canadian missionary (1827–1916)

    Read on Wikipediasource data110 years ago today

  11. 1940

    Canadian politician (1884–1940)

    Read on Wikipediasource data86 years ago today

  12. 1975
    Bill WusykDied

    Canadian football player

    Read on Wikipediasource data51 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.