December
2
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
12 Albertans share 2 December, spanning 1933 to 2019.
- 9 born
- 3 died
2006
Stelmach's come-from-third leadership upset
Ed Stelmach, third on the first ballot a week earlier, won the Alberta PC leadership on the second-ballot preferential count, beating front-runners Jim Dinning and Ted Morton to become premier-designate.
Wikipedia (2006 Alberta PC leadership election) ↗
Also on this date
- 1933
- 1941
- 1963
- 1963
- 1976
- 1982
- 1984
- 1992
- 1996
- 1977Jack TorranceDied
fictional character in Stephen King's novel The Shining
Read on Wikipediasource data49 years ago today
- 2016
- 2019
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