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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

September

18

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 18 September, spanning 1906 to 2001.

  • 11 born
  • 1 founded
Month 9
  1. 1984

    Canada Cup won in Edmonton

    Canada completed a two-game sweep of Sweden to win the 1984 Canada Cup, taking the deciding game 6-5 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton after building a 5-0 first-period lead.

    Wikipedia — 1984 Canada Cup
  1. 1986
    St. Mary's UniversityFounded

    private university in Calgary, Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data40 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1906

    Canadian politician (1906-1993)

    Read on Wikipediasource data120 years ago today

  2. 1911
    Eddie KingBorn

    Canadian athletics competitor (1911-1994)

    Read on Wikipediasource data115 years ago today

  3. 1946
  4. 1951
    Carol HaleyBorn

    Canadian politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data75 years ago today

  5. 1958

    Canadian independent politician

    Read on Wikipediasource data68 years ago today

  6. 1959
    Kelly KisioBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data67 years ago today

  7. 1962
    John MannBorn

    Canadian musician

    Read on Wikipediasource data64 years ago today

  8. 1976

    Canadian triathlete

    Read on Wikipediasource data50 years ago today

  9. 1994

    association football player

    Read on Wikipediasource data32 years ago today

  10. 1995
    Yuri KisilBorn

    Canadian swimmer

    Read on Wikipediasource data31 years ago today

  11. 2001

    Canadian sprint canoeist

    Read on Wikipediasource data25 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.