January
6
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
12 Albertans share 6 January, spanning 1937 to 2019.
- 10 born
- 2 died
1966
Pincher Creek's chinook whiplash
A chinook wind sent the temperature at Pincher Creek soaring by more than 20 degrees Celsius in under an hour — one of the most dramatic temperature swings ever recorded in Canada, and the textbook example of southern Alberta's chinook whiplash.
Wikipedia (Chinook wind) ↗
Also on this date
- 1937
- 1943
- 1948Hilarion KapralBorn
bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Read on Wikipediasource data78 years ago today
- 1964
- 1973
- 1981
- 1982
- 1982
- 1984
- 1994
- 2005Lois HoleDied
Canadian politician, businesswoman, author and academician (1929-2005)
Read on Wikipediasource data21 years ago today
- 2019
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