2013 Event Anchorage, Alaska begins the 1,000 mile, 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; winners receive a new truck and $50,400 in prize money 1990 Event Anchorage jury finds Captain Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill 1988 Event Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics 1985 Event ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA 1979 Birthday Sydne Vogel, born in Anchorage, Alaska, figure skater, 1996 NW Pac Sr champ 1970 Birthday Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday Tommy Moe, Anchorage Alaska, nordic skiier, Olympic-gold/silver-1994 1967 Event KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Birthday Curt Schilling, Anchorage AK, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1965 Birthday Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress, New Kind of Family 1953 Event KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station 1953 Event 86 degrees F in Anchorage Alaska
