February
25
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
12 Albertans share 25 February, spanning 1912 to 2003.
- 10 born
- 2 died
1998
W.O. Mitchell dies
Writer and broadcaster W.O. Mitchell, whose novel Who Has Seen the Wind distilled Prairie boyhood for generations of readers, died in Calgary on February 25, 1998 at age 83.
Wikipedia (W. O. Mitchell) ↗
Also on this date
- 1912
Canadian flying ace (1912–1943)
Read on Wikipediasource data114 years ago today
- 1962
- 1963
- 1963
- 1968
- 1979
- 1980
- 1986
- 1987
- 1997
- 1998
- 2003
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