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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

February

20

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 20 February, spanning 1909 to 2011.

  • 10 born
  • 1 founded
  • 1 happened
Month 2
  1. 1988

    Battle of the Brians

    In the 'Battle of the Brians' free skate at Calgary's Olympic Saddledome on February 20, 1988, American Brian Boitano narrowly outskated Canada's flag-bearer Brian Orser to take Olympic gold, leaving Orser with a second consecutive Olympic silver.

    Olympedia (1988 men's singles results)
  1. 1914
    LegalFounded

    town in Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data112 years ago today

  2. 2011

    NHL game

    Read on Wikipediasource data15 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1909
    Barry MatherBorn

    Canadian politician (1909-1982)

    Read on Wikipediasource data117 years ago today

  2. 1918
    Norm BurnsBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player (1918–1995)

    Read on Wikipediasource data108 years ago today

  3. 1926

    Canadian university chancellor (born 1926)

    Read on Wikipediasource data100 years ago today

  4. 1965

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data61 years ago today

  5. 1968

    Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach

    Read on Wikipediasource data58 years ago today

  6. 1972
    Ezra LevantBorn

    Canadian media personality and far-right activist

    Read on Wikipediasource data54 years ago today

  7. 1976

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data50 years ago today

  8. 1980

    Canadian actor and songwriter

    Read on Wikipediasource data46 years ago today

  9. 1983

    Canadian soccer player

    Read on Wikipediasource data43 years ago today

  10. 1995
    Cole UllyBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data31 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.