January
2
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
8 Albertans share 2 January, spanning 1927 to 2012.
- 6 born
- 2 died
1929
Mercy flight to Fort Vermilion
Bush pilots Wop May and Vic Horner took off from Edmonton in an open-cockpit Avro Avian, flying diphtheria antitoxin roughly 965 km north toward Fort Vermilion to head off an outbreak at Little Red River. The 'race against death' made international headlines and helped make Alberta's bush pilots famous.
Wikipedia (Wop May) ↗
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