Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (died 2016)

Jim Prentice

Peter Eric James Prentice was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians. Prentice was appointed Minister of Industry on August 14, 2007, and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30, 2008.

Born

1956

July 20

Died

2016

Era

1950s

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Jim, in brief

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Key dates

1956 Born
2016 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
792 Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
911 Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
1189 Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.

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The world in 1956

When Jim arrived

april 19 Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
april 26 SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
april 3 Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
april 30 Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.

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Also born on July 20

Alberto Santos-Dumont 1873– Brazilian pilot (died 1932) Ben Simmons 1996– Australian basketball player Chris Cornell 1964–2017 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) David Tonkin 1929–2000 Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (died 2000) Elliot Richardson 1920–1999 American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (born 1920) Gregor Mendel 1822–1884 Czech geneticist and botanist (born 1822) Heather Chasen 1927– English actress (died 2020) Heinie Manush 1901–1971 American baseball player and manager (died 1971) Ida Mett 1901–1973 Belarusian Jewish anarchist (died 1973)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1956

Aldo Nova 1956– Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Andreas Floer 1956–1991 German mathematician and academic (died 1991) Angelika Machinek 1956–2006 German glider pilot (died 2006) Ashoke Sen 1956– Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist Bernard Sumner 1956– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Bernie Wagenblast 1956– transportation journalist, founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter Bill Emmott 1956– English journalist and author Bob Saget 1956–2022 American comedian, actor, and television host (born 1956) Carrie Fisher 1956–2016 American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956)

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