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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

September

21

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 Albertans share 21 September, spanning 1907 to 2010.

  • 11 born
  • 1 died
Month 9
  1. 1911

    R.B. Bennett elected in Calgary

    In the federal election fought over free trade with the United States, Canadians defeated Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals, and Calgary elected Conservative lawyer R.B. Bennett to his first seat in the House of Commons — the future prime minister's entry into federal politics.

    Wikipedia — 1911 Canadian federal election

Also on this date

  1. 1907

    Canadian ice hockey player (1907–1981)

    Read on Wikipediasource data119 years ago today

  2. 1934
    Chuck HolmesBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data92 years ago today

  3. 1937

    Canadian golfer (1937-2017)

    Read on Wikipediasource data89 years ago today

  4. 1940
    Rick MayBorn

    American voice and theatre actor (1940-2020)

    Read on Wikipediasource data86 years ago today

  5. 1949

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data77 years ago today

  6. 1961
    Brian FordBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data65 years ago today

  7. 1962
    Barb HigginsBorn

    Canadian journalist

    Read on Wikipediasource data64 years ago today

  8. 1963
    Troy LoneyBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data63 years ago today

  9. 1980
    Sean FraserBorn

    Canadian soccer player

    Read on Wikipediasource data46 years ago today

  10. 1988

    Canadian rapper

    Read on Wikipediasource data38 years ago today

  11. 1990

    Canadian luger

    Read on Wikipediasource data36 years ago today

  12. 2010
    Sindi HawkinsDied

    Canadian politician (1958–2010)

    Read on Wikipediasource data16 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.