1932
First glacier
landing on
Denali
BUSH PILOT, JOE CROSSON
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
Seward Depot
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
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
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
1950s
2000s
1925
Dogsledders brought
lifesaving diphtheria
serum to Nome, which
later inspired the Iditarod
1959
Alaska admitted as
the 49th State
2019
60th Anniversary of
Alaska Statehood
Alaska State Flag
16
©
State of Alaska/Matt Hage
©
Jack Bonney
1966
Alaska Federation of Natives
formed to represent Alaska
Native land rights
