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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

January

28

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 28 January, spanning 1910 to 1996.

  • 8 born
  • 3 died
  • 1 founded
Month 1
  1. 1984

    The 51-game streak ends

    The Los Angeles Kings held Wayne Gretzky off the scoresheet in a 4-2 win at Northlands Coliseum, ending his 51-game point-scoring streak — still the longest in NHL history — during which he had piled up 153 points since opening night.

    NHL.com (This date in NHL history: Jan. 28)
  1. 1958

    provincial park in Alberta

    Read on Wikipediasource data68 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1910
    Bill HuttonBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data116 years ago today

  2. 1941

    Canadian horse trainer and barrel racer

    Read on Wikipediasource data85 years ago today

  3. 1958
    Stan SmylBorn

    Ice Hockey Player

    Read on Wikipediasource data68 years ago today

  4. 1962

    Canadian blues singer (1962–2022)

    Read on Wikipediasource data64 years ago today

  5. 1978

    Canadian field hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data48 years ago today

  6. 1982

    Canadian dancer, choreographer and model

    Read on Wikipediasource data44 years ago today

  7. 1993
    Matt HartBorn

    Canadian professional wrestler (born 1993)

    Read on Wikipediasource data33 years ago today

  8. 1996
    Reid DukeBorn

    ice hockey player (1996-)

    Read on Wikipediasource data30 years ago today

  9. 1963
    Daniel MorkebergDied

    Canadian politician (1870-1963)

    Read on Wikipediasource data63 years ago today

  10. 1973

    Canadian politician (1895-1973)

    Read on Wikipediasource data53 years ago today

  11. 1977
    Clem LoughlinDied

    Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1892–1977)

    Read on Wikipediasource data49 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.