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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

May

18

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

8 moments and Albertans connected to 18 May, spanning 1905 to 2015.

  • 4 died
  • 2 founded
  • 2 born
Month 5
  1. 1905
    AthabascaFounded

    town in Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data121 years ago today

  2. 1922
    CKMXFounded

    Radio station in Calgary

    Read on Wikipediasource data104 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1958
    Darrell WasykBorn

    Canadian film director

    Read on Wikipediasource data68 years ago today

  2. 1989
    Dan BennettBorn

    Canadian hip hop musician

    Read on Wikipediasource data37 years ago today

  3. 1978
    Stewart AdamsDied

    Canadian ice hockey player (1904–1978)

    Read on Wikipediasource data48 years ago today

  4. 2003
    Barb TarboxDied

    Anti-smoking advocate (1961-2003)

    Read on Wikipediasource data23 years ago today

  5. 2010
    Martha BielishDied

    Canadian politician (1915-2010)

    Read on Wikipediasource data16 years ago today

  6. 2015
    Frank Pierpoint ApplebyDied

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data11 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.