2012 Event Twenty-five year old Alaskan, Dallas Seavey becomes the youngest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 1982 Death Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79 1973 Event President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline 1971 Event Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska) 1958 Event President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood
