Arizona History Timeline 1912-2012 By Brianah Hildebrand By thatweirdgirl99 Jan 1, 1912 Arizona celebrates statehood Jan 2, 1922 KFAD (now KTAR) is Arizona's first licensed commercial radio station Jan 3, 1932 Robbers Roost becomes one of the first major films to be made in Arizona. Jan 4, 1941 Luke Airforce Base is named for WWI flying ace Frank Luke, Jr. of Pheonix Jan 5, 1941 World Champion New York Yankees hold spring training in Pheonix Jan 6, 1961 Arizona's Al Casey performs Cookin' On American Bandstand Jan 7, 1971 Johnny and June Carter Cash broadcast their show from Carefreem Arizona Jan 8, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman on the Supreme Court Jan 9, 1991 Margaret Sanger Slee is inducted into the Arizona Woman's Hall of Fame for building hospitals in Tucson Jan 10, 2001 The Arizona Diamondbacks defeat the New York Yankees 4 games to 3 in the World Series Jan 11, 2011 The Women's softball team at Arizona State University wins the College World Series