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 Mt 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
1974 Jewel [Kilcher], Alaska, folk/rock vocalist, Pieces of You
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 (US 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 Mt 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, 1861-69, buys Alaska at 2 cents /acre
1791 Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska
1778 Capt Cook anchors at Alaska
1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering
1741 Capt Bering discovers Mount St. Elias, Alaska
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