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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

February

11

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 Albertans share 11 February, spanning 1938 to 2018.

  • 11 born
  • 1 died
Month 2
  1. 2006

    Heil's moguls gold

    Freestyle skier Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove won gold in women's moguls at the Turin Olympics on February 11, 2006, giving Canada its first medal of those Games on the first full day of competition.

    Wikipedia (2006 women's moguls event page)

Also on this date

  1. 1938

    Canadian actor (1938-2018)

    Read on Wikipediasource data88 years ago today

  2. 1954
    Ken HughesBorn

    Canadian politician (1954-)

    Read on Wikipediasource data72 years ago today

  3. 1958

    Canadian soccer player

    Read on Wikipediasource data68 years ago today

  4. 1960

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data66 years ago today

  5. 1963
    Norm OdingaBorn

    Canadian soccer player

    Read on Wikipediasource data63 years ago today

  6. 1967
    Gary ShuchukBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data59 years ago today

  7. 1969
    Bob WilkieBorn

    Canadian ice hockey defenceman

    Read on Wikipediasource data57 years ago today

  8. 1973
    Jamie PushorBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data53 years ago today

  9. 1983
    Matt ClimieBorn

    Canadian ice hockey goaltender

    Read on Wikipediasource data43 years ago today

  10. 1986
    Jordan HenryBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data40 years ago today

  11. 1992
    Tyler BunzBorn

    Canadian ice hockey goaltender

    Read on Wikipediasource data34 years ago today

  12. 2018

    Canadian Catholic prelate

    Read on Wikipediasource data8 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.