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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

May

20

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 20 May, spanning 1895 to 2013.

  • 6 born
  • 4 died
  • 2 founded
Month 5
  1. 1895

    national park in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data131 years ago today

  2. 1946
    Sylvan LakeFounded

    town in Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data80 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1924
    Ralph HanschBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player (1924–2008)

    Read on Wikipediasource data102 years ago today

  2. 1962
    Brian ShawBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data64 years ago today

  3. 1981
    Morgan KnabeBorn

    Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games gold medallist

    Read on Wikipediasource data45 years ago today

  4. 1990
    Matt FraserBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data36 years ago today

  5. 1990
    Cody KunykBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data36 years ago today

  6. 1995
    Andrew WolfeBorn

    figure skater

    Read on Wikipediasource data31 years ago today

  7. 1986
    Helen BelyeaDied

    Canadian geologist

    Read on Wikipediasource data40 years ago today

  8. 2006
    Annis StukusDied

    Canadian football player and coach (1914–2006)

    Read on Wikipediasource data20 years ago today

  9. 2008
    E. R. Ward NealeDied

    Canadian geologist (1923-2008)

    Read on Wikipediasource data18 years ago today

  10. 2013
    Billy DaweDied

    Canadian ice hockey player (1924-2013)

    Read on Wikipediasource data13 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.