LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.calgary.ca/

Population:
956,078 (2005)

Founding Date:
1884 (incorporated)

• Mayor of Calgary

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Calgary Sun

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Calgary	1966
Mount Royal College	1910

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Glenbow Museum	1966

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Trilogy Energy Trust	2005
Nexen	2001
Canadian Natural Resources	1989
Paramount Resources	1978
Petro-Canada	1975
EnCana	1971
Canadian Occidental Petroleum	1971
Shaw Communications	1966
NOVA Chemicals	1954
Agrium	1931
Talisman Energy	1925
Bennett Jones LLP	1922
Suncor Energy	1917
TransAlta	1911
Canadian Pacific Railway	1881
Imperial Oil	1880

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Earle Birney	Novelist	13-May-1904	3-Sep-1995	Now Is Time
Dave Bronconnier	Politician	7-Oct-1962		Mayor of Calgary, 2001-10
Rod Cameron	Actor	7-Dec-1910	21-Dec-1983	The Bounty Killer
Ted Cruz	Politician	22-Dec-1970		US Senator from Texas
Elisha Cuthbert	Actor	30-Nov-1982		The Girl Next Door
Brennan Elliott	Actor	?		Dr. Nick Biancavilla on Strong Medicine
James Gosling	Computer Programmer	19-May-1955		Creator of Java
Paul Gross	Actor	30-Apr-1959		Due South
Bret Hart	Wrestling	2-Jul-1957		The Hitman
Owen Hart	Wrestling	7-May-1965	23-May-1999	Wrestler fell to his death
Lance Kinsey	Actor	13-Jun-1959		Lt. Proctor in Police Academy films
Ralph Klein	Politician	1-Nov-1942	29-Mar-2013	Premier of Alberta, 1992-2006
Todd McFarlane	Cartoonist	16-Mar-1961		Spawn
Alice McGrath	Activist	5-Apr-1917	27-Nov-2009	Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee
Cory Monteith	Actor	11-May-1982	13-Jul-2013	Finn Hudson on Glee
Frances Fox Piven	Activist	10-Oct-1932		Regulating The Poor
Floyd Sneed	Drummer	22-Nov-1943		Three Dog Night drummer
Monte Solberg	Politician	17-Sep-1958		Canadian MP, Medicine Hat
Stan Stephens	Politician	16-Sep-1929		Governor of Montana, 1989-93
Victor Webster	Actor	7-Feb-1973		Brennan Mulwray on Mutant X

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Eyck	Historian	13-Jul-1921	28-Dec-2004	Religion and Politics in German History
Ralph Klein	Politician	1-Nov-1942	29-Mar-2013	Premier of Alberta, 1992-2006
Margaret J. Osler	Historian	27-Nov-1942	15-Sep-2010	Reconfiguring the World

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