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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

May

14

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

9 Albertans share 14 May, spanning 1931 to 2024.

  • 5 died
  • 4 born
Month 5
  1. 1914

    Dingman No. 1 strikes at Turner Valley

    The Dingman No. 1 well hit wet gas at Turner Valley, setting off Calgary's first oil boom and opening what was for decades the British Empire's most productive oilfield.

    The Canadian Encyclopedia

Also on this date

  1. 1931

    Canadian politician (1931-2010)

    Read on Wikipediasource data95 years ago today

  2. 1980

    Canadian fencer

    Read on Wikipediasource data46 years ago today

  3. 1984

    Canadian curler and coach

    Read on Wikipediasource data42 years ago today

  4. 1999
    Parker KellyBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data27 years ago today

  5. 1933

    Canadian politician (1857-1933)

    Read on Wikipediasource data93 years ago today

  6. 1951
    James HansenDied

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data75 years ago today

  7. 1984
    John WingbladeDied

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data42 years ago today

  8. 2016

    Canadian geologist

    Read on Wikipediasource data10 years ago today

  9. 2024
    Ian StirlingDied

    Canadian zoologist

    Read on Wikipediasource data2 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.