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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

November

2

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 2 November, spanning 1906 to 2024.

  • 7 born
  • 4 died
  • 1 happened
Month 11
  1. 1982

    Lougheed's record 75-seat landslide

    Peter Lougheed's Progressive Conservatives won the Alberta general election with 75 of 79 seats and about 62 per cent of the popular vote — still the most seats any party has ever won in the province.

    Wikipedia — 1982 Alberta general election
  1. 2024

    mixed martial arts event in 2024

    Read on Wikipediasource data2 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1906

    Canadian ice hockey forward, born 1906 (1906–1991)

    Read on Wikipediasource data120 years ago today

  2. 1929

    Canadian physicist (1929-2018)

    Read on Wikipediasource data97 years ago today

  3. 1938

    archer

    Read on Wikipediasource data88 years ago today

  4. 1944

    American professional wrestler

    Read on Wikipediasource data82 years ago today

  5. 1961
    k.d. langBorn

    Canadian singer-songwriter

    Read on Wikipediasource data65 years ago today

  6. 1973
    Jason SmithBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data53 years ago today

  7. 1982

    Canadian swimmer

    Read on Wikipediasource data44 years ago today

  8. 1946
    Bill RaisbeckDied

    Scottish footballer (1876-1946)

    Read on Wikipediasource data80 years ago today

  9. 1982

    Canadian ornithologist, explorer, zoologist, and writer (1893-1982)

    Read on Wikipediasource data44 years ago today

  10. 2013
    Herm HarrisonDied

    Player of American and Canadian football (1942–2013)

    Read on Wikipediasource data13 years ago today

  11. 2020

    Canadian aviator (1921-2020)

    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.