1925
Dogsledders brought lifesaving diphtheria serum to Nome, which
later inspired the Iditarod
1932
First glacier landing on
1964
Good Friday earthquake (9.2 magnitude)
1968
Oil discovered in Prudhoe Bay
1974
Construction began on the Trans Alaska
Pipeline System
1980
Signing of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, protecting Alaska's natural resources for public interest and Alaska Native subsistence
1973
First Iditarod Sled Dog Race
1942
Alaska Highway, the first overland connection to the rest of the United States, was constructed Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska invaded by
Japanese during World War II
1927
Wien Air offered first commercial air service in Alaska
1957
Airlines began using Anchorage International Airport for over the pole
traffic, starting with Copenhagen-Tokyo service
1959
Alaska admitted as the 49th State
1999
Whittier Tunnel opened to vehicular traffic, becoming the longest rail/vehicle
shared tunnel in the United States
2007
Lance Mackey was the first musher to win both the Iditarod and Yukon Quest
in the same year
2008
Susan Butcher Day Designated the first
Saturday in March to celebrate the iconic musher who won four Iditarods and summited Denali with Joe Redington and his dog team
2018
Alaskan skier Kikkan Randall won Olympic gold with the U.S. cross-country team
2019
60th Anniversary of Alaska Statehood
