1948
Orville D. Cochran, Nome lawyer and legislator, died at age 77.
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1979
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A woman won Fort Richardson's "Soldier of the Year Award."
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31
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1898
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The Juneau Court House and Jail, on the site of the present State Office Building, burned to the ground.
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1900
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The steamer Walcott, a former Revenue Cutter, was wrecked in Shelikof Strait (north of Kodiak).
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1959
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Japan Air Lines made its test Tokyo-Seattle run, stopping over - for refueling only - in Anchorage.
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1969
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A Fairbanks group formed by oil and gas leasebrokers claimed their clients were unfairly deprived of a chance to get rich quick when Natural Resources Commissioner Thomas Kelly classified 3 million acres of North Slope land for competitive lease sale.
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1979
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Clean-up efforts began on a 25,000 gallon oil spill at the Louisiana-Pacific pulp mill at Ward Cove, Ketchikan .
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February
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1898
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The Daily Alaskan began publishing at Skagway and continued for 26 years.
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1905
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The U.S. Forest Service was established.
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1914
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The Alaska Sunday Morning Post was established in Juneau.
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1922
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John C. McBride of Juneau took office as Collector of Customs for Alaska.
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1939
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A sailors strike threatened operations of Alaska-bound ships.
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1959
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The House passed a pay bill for legislators, giving each $3,000 a year, plus $40 a day during session for expenses.
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1969
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An unattended riderless tractor cut a wide swatch of destruction, running over a 10-man tent in Fort Wainwright, crashing into a home, ripping off the entire side of 2 bedrooms where inhabitants were sleeping, to come to rest on a road bank.
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1969
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Project Chariot, a plan to blast out a new harbor in Alaska north of the Arctic Circle using nuclear explosives was deemed too expensive.
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1975
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The U.S. State Department denied the charge by Rep. Don Young that it had sacrificed Alaska's interests in the new fishing treaty with Japan.
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1985
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Alaska led the nation in making computers available to public school students. The State Department of Education reported that there was one computer for every 22 school children.
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1925
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Diphtheria serum was delivered to Nome from Nenana by dogsled relay. Part of this route later became the Iditarod Dogsled Race route.
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1931
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The American flag was raised for the first time over the new capitol of the Territory of Alaska by Governor George Parks with 400 school children attending.
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1939
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Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett took office as Secretary of Alaska.
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1947
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A fire destroyed the Valdez Hospital and Childrens' Home.
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1985
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A fire destroyed the Alaska Glacier Seafood Company and Cold Storage facility in Petersburg .
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1939
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The "cocktail" or "saloon bill", permitting beer, wine, and hard liquor to be sold by the drink, passed the Alaska State Senate by a vote of five to three.
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1948
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Charles H. Wilson, newspaper editor, law officer, and legislator died in Valdez.
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1961
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Juneau's first commercial jet transport, a Pan American Boeing 707 Clipper, arrived at Juneau International Airport.
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1985
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Republicans condemned Governor Bill Sheffield's appointment of a socialist, Bill Ross, to head the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.
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1920
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Juneau police recovered a 500-pound safe stolen the previous day by following the sled tracks to a cabin where two theives were arrested and $200 recovered from an unopened safe.
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1939
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ickles "demanded" imposition of an 8% tax on Alaskan gold production.
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1941
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The Alaska Defense Command was established under General Simon Bolivar Buckner.
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1969
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Anchorage Borough Planning Director, Robert Pavitt , predicted an Anchorage population of 250,000 by 1988.
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1975
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Ham omelets cooked in Anchorage were blamed for causing food poisoning of 140 passengers on a Japan Air Lines 747.
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1985
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The Attu battlegrounds and airfields were designated as national historic landmarks.
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1898
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The steamer Clara Nevada blew up near Eldred Rock in Lynn Canal. All aboard were lost.
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1930
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A post office was established at Port Agassiz near Petersburg . In 1942, it was discontinued.
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1956
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The Alaska Constitutional Convention adjourned in Fairbanks .
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1959
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The Talkeetna Mountains were being considered as the site of a rocket range for U.S. guided missiles from White Sands, New Mexico.
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6
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1887
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Ernest Gruening , who became the 13th Governor of Alaska in 1939, was born in New York.
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1919
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A fire destroyed a large part of the Fairbanks business district.
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1959
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The first man from the state of Alaska to enlist in the U.S. Navy, William Sparks of Haines , enlisted in Bellingham, Washington.
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1969
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Fallout shelters were available for all Juneau residents. (At this time, there were 13,000 people in the Borough.)
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1985
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Scientists reported that the long expected retreat of the Columbia Glacier had begun. The 40-mile long glacier should retreat 20-25 miles over the next several decades.
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1988
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An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck the Kenai Peninsula, with its epicenter 70 miles northwest of Homer .
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1893
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A fire at Metlakatla destroyed 24 homes.
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1911
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The steamer Victoria went on the rocks at Hinchinbrook Island, but was later salvaged.
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1931
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The Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa arrived in Juneau from Baltimore to take permanent station.
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1969
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Sen. Mike Gravel called for the U.S. to pay 1/2 the cost of the Alaska-Canadian Highway .
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1939
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The Goldstein Building in downtown Juneau was gutted by fire, destroying radio station KINY-AM and the Juneau Medical Center.
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1939
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Alfred Rosenberg, supervisor of the spiritual and philosophical development of Nazidom, said that Alaska offered too harsh a climate for relocation of Jews.
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1940
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Harry I. Stasser, a former member of the Alaska Territorial Legislature, died in Girdwood.
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1975
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced plans to kill up to 80% of the wolves in the Tanana Flats during its planned extermination program.
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1975
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Anchorage Representative Susan Sullivan suggested that the proposed new Alaska capital be called Gruening .
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1883
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The McFarland Home for Girls, a Presbyterian institution, burned to the ground.
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1901
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A press dispatch dated November 6, 1900, wired from New York to Fort Egbert, and then mailed on November 8th, finally reached Nome , informing residents that William McKinley had been elected President.
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1917
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Special ferries ran from Juneau and Douglas with people going to Thane to attend the Black Sheep Ball.
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1959
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The U.S. Army dropped its plans to use the Talkeetna Mountains as a long-range missile range.
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1959
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A recovering Gov. Bill Egan received his first visitors in a Seattle hospital following gall bladder surgery.
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1959
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Members of the Legislature proposed a $20,000 annual salary for the Governor.
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1966
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The Archdiocese of Anchorage was established.
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1973
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Using a 53-year old mining law regarding right-of-way, environmental groups won a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judgement, stalling construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline .
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1881
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Miners agree to rename "Harrisburgh", "Rockwell" and establish mining laws. In December, miners again changed the name to "Juneau City".
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1899
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The Wilson and Sylvester sawmill at Wrangell received machinery to make it the largest mill in Alaska.
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1902
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The Nome Philharmonic Orchestra gave its first concert at Golden Gate Hall. The "orchestra" featured nine musicians.
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1939
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Alaska rose to third place in world production of platinum.
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1959
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Lease signed for Piggly-Wiggly store, bowling alley, snack bar, and cocktail lounge in Fairbanks.
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1969
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A "KHAR Airwatch" announcer eluded 3+ state troopers on his snowmobile during a 6-block chase along Northern Lights Blvd. in Anchorage.
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1979
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A dozen aircraft were destroyed as 80 mph winds blasted through the Palmer Airport and the Mat-Su Valley.
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1888
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Marie Drake , author of the lyrics to Alaska's Flag, the state song, was born.
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1929
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The Japanese freighter Meyio Maru was wrecked on Ugamak Island in the Aleutians.
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1939
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A "Bone-Dry" bill was introduced in the Alaska Territorial House, prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor in Alaska.
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1939
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The first annual President's Birthday Ball in McGrath reported to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that $23 was raised in the fight against infantile paralysis.
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1959
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Acting Governor Hugh Wade reluctantly signed the pay bill, giving legislators an annual salary of $3,000, plus $40 a day during session for expenses.
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1975
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For the second time in 6 years, Anchorage voters approved unification of the City and Borough governments.
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