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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

June

18

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

9 Albertans share 18 June, spanning 1917 to 2017.

  • 8 born
  • 1 died
Month 6
  1. 1959

    Social Credit landslide of 1959

    Premier Ernest Manning's Social Credit won a seventh consecutive term in Alberta's general election, taking 61 of 65 seats with about 55 per cent of the popular vote — one of the most one-sided results in provincial history.

    Wikipedia — 1959 Alberta general election

Also on this date

  1. 1917

    American writer (1917–2004)

    Read on Wikipediasource data109 years ago today

  2. 1933
    Ed KassianBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data93 years ago today

  3. 1936
    Larry LeachBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player (1936-2018)

    Read on Wikipediasource data90 years ago today

  4. 1960

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data66 years ago today

  5. 1966

    Canadian sports commentator

    Read on Wikipediasource data60 years ago today

  6. 1979

    Canadian cross-country skier and para-biathlete

    Read on Wikipediasource data47 years ago today

  7. 1980

    Canadian rugby union player

    Read on Wikipediasource data46 years ago today

  8. 1992

    Canadian ice hockey defenceman

    Read on Wikipediasource data34 years ago today

  9. 2017
    Tim HagueDied

    Canadian martial artist (1983–2017)

    Read on Wikipediasource data9 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.