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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

February

15

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

9 Albertans share 15 February, spanning 1916 to 2010.

  • 7 born
  • 2 died
Month 2
  1. 2018

    Bloemen's 10,000 m gold

    Calgary-based speed skater Ted-Jan Bloemen won Olympic gold in the men's 10,000 metres at the PyeongChang Games on February 15, 2018, beating defending champion Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands.

    Wikipedia (2018 men's 10,000 m event page)

Also on this date

  1. 1916

    Canadian businessman (1916-2007)

    Read on Wikipediasource data110 years ago today

  2. 1943

    Canadian curler

    Read on Wikipediasource data83 years ago today

  3. 1957

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data69 years ago today

  4. 1958

    Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1958)

    Read on Wikipediasource data68 years ago today

  5. 1980

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data46 years ago today

  6. 1984

    Canadian male athlete who competes in canoeing

    Read on Wikipediasource data42 years ago today

  7. 2000
    Kacey JostBorn

    Canadian volleyball player

    Read on Wikipediasource data26 years ago today

  8. 2006

    mathematician

    Read on Wikipediasource data20 years ago today

  9. 2010
    Fred PeacockDied

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data16 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.