World's biggest battery switched on in Alaska.
President Bill Clinton lifted the Alaskan oil exports ban.
Oil tanker 'Exxon Valdez' runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.
The largest US underground bomb was detonated on Amchitka Island, a remote Alaskan island.
Prospect Creek Camp in Alaska recorded -80°F, making it the coldest temperature recorded in US history.
A 9.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Alaska.
Alaska became the 49th State to join the United States of America.
Lituya Bay megatsunami.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
Alaska Airlines started operating.
American pioneer aviator Noel Wien founded Alaska's first airline, Wien Alaska Airlines Inc.
20 mushers embark on a journey to transport medicine to Nome, Alaska, inspiring the Iditarod Race.
The US bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
The United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
After an expedition heading North, the Russian navigator and captain, Alexei Chirikov, spotted Southeast Alaska and sent his men to explore.
