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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

December

20

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

10 moments and Albertans connected to 20 December, spanning 1910 to 2000.

  • 6 born
  • 2 founded
  • 2 died
Month 12
  1. 1971
    WhitecourtFounded

    town in Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data55 years ago today

  2. 2000
    Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial ParkFounded

    provincial park in Alberta

    Read on Wikipediasource data26 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1910
    Helen StadelbauerBorn

    Canadian painter

    Read on Wikipediasource data116 years ago today

  2. 1912
    Charles William ParkerBorn

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data114 years ago today

  3. 1921
    Betty LussierBorn

    Canadian-born WWII aviator and spy

    Read on Wikipediasource data105 years ago today

  4. 1927
    Edward ShaskeBorn

    Canadian sports shooter

    Read on Wikipediasource data99 years ago today

  5. 1931
    Eugene Jerome CooneyBorn

    Canadian Roman Catholic bishop

    Read on Wikipediasource data95 years ago today

  6. 1975
    Andrew HoskinsBorn

    Canadian rower

    Read on Wikipediasource data51 years ago today

  7. 1962
    Duncan MacMillanDied

    Canadian politician (1887-1962)

    Read on Wikipediasource data64 years ago today

  8. 1968
    Alban MacLellanDied

    Canadian politician (1902–1968)

    Read on Wikipediasource data58 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.