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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

December

16

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 Albertans share 16 December, spanning 1907 to 2006.

  • 7 died
  • 5 born
Month 12
  1. 1910

    Mount Royal College chartered

    Mount Royal College was granted its charter by the Alberta legislature, creating the Calgary institution championed by Methodist minister George W. Kerby. It opened to students in the fall of 1911 and became Mount Royal University in 2009.

    Wikipedia — Mount Royal University

Also on this date

  1. 1907
    Barbara KentBorn

    Canadian actress (1907–2011)

    Read on Wikipediasource data119 years ago today

  2. 1918

    American television producer

    Read on Wikipediasource data108 years ago today

  3. 1930
    Walt BuckBorn

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data96 years ago today

  4. 1966

    Canadian equestrian

    Read on Wikipediasource data60 years ago today

  5. 1969
    Kent HehrBorn

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data57 years ago today

  6. 1959
    John J. BowlenDied

    Canadian politician (1876-1959)

    Read on Wikipediasource data67 years ago today

  7. 1959
    Roberta MacAdamsDied

    Canadian politician (1880-1959)

    Read on Wikipediasource data67 years ago today

  8. 1962
    Lucien BoudreauDied

    Canadian politician (1874-1962)

    Read on Wikipediasource data64 years ago today

  9. 1966

    anthropologist (1906–1966)

    Read on Wikipediasource data60 years ago today

  10. 1998
    John GallagherDied

    Smiling Jack Gallagher (1916-1998)

    Read on Wikipediasource data28 years ago today

  11. 2002
    Bill HunterDied

    Canadian hockey general manager and coach

    Read on Wikipediasource data24 years ago today

  12. 2006
    Don JardineDied

    Canadian professional wrestler (1940–2006)

    Read on Wikipediasource data20 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.