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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

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On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 1 November, spanning 1836 to 2018.

  • 11 born
  • 1 founded
Month 11
  1. 1985

    Don Getty becomes premier

    Don Getty was sworn in as Alberta's 11th premier on November 1, 1985, appointed by Lieutenant Governor W. Helen Hunley after winning the Progressive Conservative leadership to succeed Peter Lougheed.

    Wikipedia — Don Getty
  1. 2018
    Central LibraryFounded

    central branch of the Calgary Public Library in Calgary, Alberta

    Read on Wikipediasource data8 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1836
    Angus McKayBorn

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data190 years ago today

  2. 1919

    Canadian flying ace (1919-2020)

    Read on Wikipediasource data107 years ago today

  3. 1923

    Canadian-American science fiction writer (1923-2001)

    Read on Wikipediasource data103 years ago today

  4. 1942
    Ralph KleinBorn

    Canadian politician (1942-2013)

    Read on Wikipediasource data84 years ago today

  5. 1976

    Canadian actress

    Read on Wikipediasource data50 years ago today

  6. 1983

    Canadian basketball player (born 1983)

    Read on Wikipediasource data43 years ago today

  7. 1991
    Daniel CarrBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data35 years ago today

  8. 1991

    Canadian squash player

    Read on Wikipediasource data35 years ago today

  9. 1994

    Canadian professional ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data32 years ago today

  10. 1995

    Canadian ski jumper and nordic combined skier

    Read on Wikipediasource data31 years ago today

  11. 1998

    Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)

    Read on Wikipediasource data28 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.