Alberta History Timeline - Important Dates & People
Today in Canadian History Events in Alberta History 1885-11-25 Banff National Park, Canada's first national park established as Rocky Mountains Park, Alberta [1] Alberta & Saskatchewan Join Confederation 1905-09-01 Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada as its 8th and 9th Canadian provinces; both were separated from the Northwest Territories
1906-09-01 Canadian province of Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time 1908-09-23 University of Alberta opens 1911-10-21 Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union 1914-06-19 Hillcrest Mine Disaster: explosion at Hillcrest mine, Alberta, kills 189 men in Canada's worst mining disaster [1] 1929-09-28 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-U of Alberta) 1971-05-18 Vampire rapist Wayne Boden's last victim found in Calgary, Alberta 1972-08-10 The Great Fireball, a rare daylight meteor seen from Utah, US to Alberta, Canada, passes 35 miles from Earth's surface 1972-10-11 World Hockey Association officially debuts as the Alberta Oilers defeat the Ottawa Nationals, 7-4 at the Ottawa Civic Centre 1973-02-06 Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edmonton, Alberta 1987-07-31 A rare, class F-4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage World Record 1994-03-26 American Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.
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