December
6
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
8 moments and Albertans connected to 6 December, spanning 1906 to 1983.
- 5 born
- 2 died
- 1 founded
1967
Provincial museum opens
Alberta's provincial museum — today the Royal Alberta Museum — opened to the public in Edmonton's Glenora neighbourhood on December 6, 1967 as the Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta, a Centennial project; it was renamed the Royal Alberta Museum in 2005.
Wikipedia — Royal Alberta Museum ↗
- 1967Royal Alberta MuseumFounded
History museum in Edmonton, Alberta
Read on Wikipediasource data59 years ago today
Also on this date
- 1906
- 1913Napoleon DameBorn
Canadian ice hockey player (1913-2006)
Read on Wikipediasource data113 years ago today
- 1930
- 1932
- 1933Dennis BurtonBorn
Canadian modernist painter (1933–2013)
Read on Wikipediasource data93 years ago today
- 1965
- 1983
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