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Alberta DailyEst. 2026

September

22

Alberta almanac

On this day in Alberta

12 moments and Albertans connected to 22 September, spanning 1871 to 2018.

  • 9 born
  • 2 died
  • 1 founded
Month 9
  1. 1877

    Treaty 7 signed at Blackfoot Crossing

    The Crown and the Blackfoot Confederacy, Tsuut'ina and Stoney Nakoda concluded Treaty 7 at Blackfoot Crossing on the Bow River, covering what is now southern Alberta.

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  1. 1871

    Catholic archdiocese in Canada

    Read on Wikipediasource data155 years ago today

Also on this date

  1. 1918

    Canadian-American botanist (1918–1971)

    Read on Wikipediasource data108 years ago today

  2. 1930
    Don SimonBorn

    Canadian football player

    Read on Wikipediasource data96 years ago today

  3. 1959
    Harvie PoczaBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data67 years ago today

  4. 1961
    Brian FordBorn

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data65 years ago today

  5. 1962
    Carl MokosakBorn

    ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data64 years ago today

  6. 1971

    Canadian ice hockey player

    Read on Wikipediasource data55 years ago today

  7. 1979
    Chris MoffatBorn

    Canadian luger

    Read on Wikipediasource data47 years ago today

  8. 1981

    Canadian football player

    Read on Wikipediasource data45 years ago today

  9. 1984
    Dave WeaselBorn

    Comedian and writer

    Read on Wikipediasource data42 years ago today

  10. 2017
    Thelma ChalifouxDied

    Canadian politician (1929–2017)

    Read on Wikipediasource data9 years ago today

  11. 2018
    Mike LabinjoDied

    Canadian gridiron football player (1980–2018)

    Read on Wikipediasource data8 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.