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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

September

12

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 12 September, spanning 1906 to 2014.

  • 9 born
  • 2 founded
  • 1 died
Month 9
  1. 1997

    Winspear Centre opens

    The Francis Winspear Centre for Music opened in downtown Edmonton as the new home of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, launching a ten-day opening festival, Winspearation '97, that drew more than 60,000 people.

    Winspear Centre — History
  1. 1997

    building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data29 years ago today

  2. 2003
    Ambrose UniversityFounded

    seminary in Calgary, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data23 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1906

    American fashion designer

    Read on Wikipediasource data120 years ago today

  2. 1913
    Dave HunterBorn

    Canadian politician (1913-1985)

    Read on Wikipediasource data113 years ago today

  3. 1933

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data93 years ago today

  4. 1954
    Michael WexBorn

    Canadian writer

    Read on Wikipediasource data72 years ago today

  5. 1961
    Tim PetrosBorn

    Canadian football player

    Read on Wikipediasource data65 years ago today

  6. 1965

    Canadian actor

    Read on Wikipediasource data61 years ago today

  7. 1988
    Kalynn ParkBorn

    Canadian female curler and coach

    Read on Wikipediasource data38 years ago today

  8. 1998
    Parker FooBorn

    Chinese ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data28 years ago today

  9. 1999

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data27 years ago today

  10. 2014
    Fred BrittonDied

    Canadian curler (1932-2014)

    Read on Wikipediasource data12 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.