June
5
Alberta almanac
On this day in Alberta
12 moments and Albertans connected to 5 June, spanning 1904 to 2007.
- 9 born
- 2 founded
- 1 died
1940
Edmonton Grads play their final game
More than 6,000 fans filled the Edmonton Arena on June 5, 1940, to watch the Edmonton Grads — the women's basketball dynasty with 502 wins in 522 official games over 25 years — play their last game, against the Chicago Queen Anne Aces, before wartime pressures disbanded the team.
Canada's History ↗
- 1909Buffalo National ParkFounded
former national park in Alberta, Canada
Read on Wikipediasource data117 years ago today
- 2007
creationist museum in Alberta, Canada
Read on Wikipediasource data19 years ago today
Also on this date
- 1904
5th president of the Rochester Institute of Technology
Read on Wikipediasource data122 years ago today
- 1939
- 1980
- 1981
- 1986
- 1989
- 1989
- 1995
- 1998
- 1982
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