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2006 Alaska's Augustine volcano erupts
2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes off coast of southern California, killing 88, crash caused by a bad stabilizer 1989 Worst U.S. oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska 1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina 1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mount McKinley, Alaska 1986 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina 1985 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska 1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record) 1981 Vincent Kartheiser, actor, Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart 1980 Stacey Storey, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska 1996 1979 Sydne Vogel, born in Anchorage, Alaska, figure skater, 1996 NW Pac Sr champ 1979 Brandee Dawn McCoskey, Miss Alaska Teen USA 1996 1978 Laurie Miller, Miss Alaska Teen USA 1997 1977 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska 1977 Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed 1975 Christine Buschur, Eagle River, Alaska, Miss America-Alaska 1997 1975 Joshua Morrow. Juneau, born in Alaska, actor, Nicholas Newman-Young and Restless 1972 Janelle Lynn Canady, Miss Alaska USA 1996 1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska) 1971 -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (U.S. record) 1970 Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1970 Tommy Moe, Anchorage Alaska, nordic skiier, Olympic-gold/silver-1994 1967 Ed[ward] Grose, born in Juneau, Alaska, rower 1996 Olympics 1966 Holly Ann Salo, born in Keani, Alaska, Miss Alaska-America, 1991 1965 Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress, New Kind of Family 1964 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die 1963 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska 1962 Janet Patricia Gardner, born in Juneau, Alaska, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up 1959 America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled 1959 Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state 1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1958 Alaska becomes 49th state 1957 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1953 KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station 1953 86 degrees F in Anchorage Alaska 1952 George Meegen, England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska 1942 Alaska highway completed 1942 Construction of the Alaska Highway began 1938 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska 1936 Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska 1935 Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36 1935 Will Rogers, humoprist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55 1925 Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska 1923 Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla) 1922 1st woman FBI "special investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson) 1918 Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die 1915 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record) 1912 Territory of Alaska organizes 1912 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses 1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley climbed 1908 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1903 U.S. wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada 1901 SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska and sinks killing 70 1900 8.3 earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska 1899 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska 1899 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay, Alaska 1898 Wiley Post, Grand Plain, Texas, aviator/parachutist, crashed in Alaska 1884 Alaska becomes a U.S. territory 1871 Russell W. Porter, Vermont, explorer, Alaska 1867 U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia 1867 Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line 1867 Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska 1867 President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska 1867 U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 1801 William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861 - 1869, buys Alaska at 2 cents per acre 1791 Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska 1778 Captain Cook anchors at Alaska 1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering 1741 Captain Bering discovers Mount St. Elias, Alaska |
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