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1900's

(1903) Frank Slide occurred, dammed the Crowsnest River, destroyed coal mines, infrastructure, buried houses and buildings, 76 killed
(1905) Province of Alberta created; Edmonton named provisional capital
(1910) Explosion at Bellevue Coal Mine killed 31
(1912) Alberta Provincial Legislature officially opened
(1914) Hillcrest coal mine explosion killed 139; oil discovered in Turney Valley
(1915) Prohibition began - sale and consumption of alcohol banned
(1916) Alberta became third province to grant women right to vote in provincial elections
(1918) Spanish flu epidemic struck Alberta, wearing face masks in public was mandatory; women received right to vote in federal elections
(1919) Coal Mine and Railway Workers strike caused by poor working conditions, socioeconomic inequalities; influenza epidemic killed 4,000
(1929) Group of Albertans (the Famous Five) gained official recognition for women as people from federal government
(1938) Metis Betterment Act passed - land set aside for Metis nation
(1947) Oil fields discovered at Leduc
(1950) Interprovincial pipeline constructed
(1953) Oil field discovered at Pembina
(1964) Exploration began of Athabasca tarsands
(1971) Progressive Conservatives won election, ended 36 years of Social Credit rule
(1973) Oil boom began
(1974) Ralph Steinhauer, first native to hold vice-regal office
(1980) National Energy Program - federal government took control of energy resources, established new prices and taxes on sale of oil
(1981) West Edmonton Mall opened, became world's largest shopping center
(1988) Winter Olympics held in Calgary
(1999) 243 mentally challenged people compensated for being sterilized against their will

2000's

(2000) Tornado at Pine Lake campground killed 12, critically injured over 100
(2003) Mad Cow disease discovered
(2005) Heavy rainfalls caused flooding, evacuation of 1,500 Calgarians, washed out bridges, damaged 40,000 homes
(2006) Jeremy Steinke killed 12-year old girlfriend's parents, brother
(2009) Outdoor stage collapse at country music festival killed one, injured 15; man scaled fence, mauled by tiger at Calgary Zoo
(2010) Largest dinosaur graveyard ever documented discovered near Hilda
(2011) 116 fires reported burning in the province, 34 out of control

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