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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

May

25

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 Albertans share 25 May, spanning 1935 to 2020.

  • 10 born
  • 2 died
Month 5
  1. 1989

    Flames win the Stanley Cup

    The Calgary Flames beat Montreal 4-2 in Game 6 at the Montreal Forum to win their only Stanley Cup — still the only visiting team ever to clinch the Cup against the Canadiens on Forum ice.

    Wikipedia — 1989 Stanley Cup Finals

Also on this date

  1. 1935

    Canadian author (1935–2016)

    Read on Wikipediasource data91 years ago today

  2. 1958

    Canadian film-maker, scholar and writer (born 1958)

    Read on Wikipediasource data68 years ago today

  3. 1961
    Calvin AyreBorn

    Canadian businessman, Gambling Industry Founder, Blockchain Venture Capitalist

    Read on Wikipediasource data65 years ago today

  4. 1976
    Kris PopeBorn

    Canadian actor

    Read on Wikipediasource data50 years ago today

  5. 1984

    Canadian ice hockey centre

    Read on Wikipediasource data42 years ago today

  6. 1987
    Jon KalinskiBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data39 years ago today

  7. 1987
    J. D. WattBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data39 years ago today

  8. 1994
    Matt BenningBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data32 years ago today

  9. 1998
    Caity GyorgyBorn

    Canadian jazz singer

    Read on Wikipediasource data28 years ago today

  10. 2003

    Canadian alpine skier

    Read on Wikipediasource data23 years ago today

  11. 2019

    Scottish-Canadian chemist (1939-2019)

    Read on Wikipediasource data7 years ago today

  12. 2020
    Louise FelthamDied

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data6 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.