Arizona History Timeline By Erin51380 Dec 12, 1912 Arizona celebrates statehood Dec 12, 1922 KFAD (now KTAR) is Arizona's first liscensed commercial radio station. Dec 12, 1932 Roober's Roost becomes one of the first major films to be made in Arizona Dec 12, 1941 Luke's Airforce Base is named for the WWI flying ace Frank Luke, Jr. of Phoenix Dec 12, 1951 World champion New York Yankees hold spring training in Phoenix Dec 12, 1961 Arizona's Al Casey performs Cookin' on America's Bandstand Dec 12, 1971 Johnny and June Carter Cash broadcast their show from Carefree, Arizona Dec 12, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman on the Supreme Court Dec 12, 1991 Margaret Sanger Slee is inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame for building hospitals in Tuscon Dec 12, 2011 The Women's softball team at Arizona State University wins the College World Series Dec 12, 2013 The Arizona Diamondbacks defeat the New York Yankees 4 games to 3 in the World Series
