Alaska became the 49th State to join the United States of America.
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Prospect Creek Camp in Alaska recorded -80°F, making it the coldest temperature recorded in US history.
Alaska Airlines started operating.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
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.
