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Timeline of Alaska History

By izzieak
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    Bering's First Voyage

    Vitus Bering's first voyage upon which he discovered the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska
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    Cook's Third Voyage

    Captain James Cook's thrid voyage upon which he discovers the Hawaiian islands and part of the Aleutian Chain

  • First Permanent Russian Settlement

  • Baranov Becomes First Governor of Alaska

  • Purchase of Alaska

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    Alaska Gold Rush (Klondike)

    Gold discovered in the Yukon brought hundreds of thousands of prospecters into the state

  • Territorial Organic Act

    An official government act that changed the District of Alaska into the Territory of Alaska

  • Japaese Attack on Attu Island in WWII

    The Empire of Japan attacks Attu Island in the Aleutian Chain during WWII

  • The Anit-Discrimination Act

    An act outlawing discrimination towards Natives in Alaska, now known as Elizabeth Peratrovich Day

  • Constitutional Convention

    55 delegates met at the University of Alaska (Fairbanks) to form a constitutional convention in order to lobby in Washington DC for statehood

  • Alaska Becomes a State

  • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Established

  • Anchorage Earthquake

    A magnitude 9.2 earthquake strikes Anchorage in which minor damage reached as far as California

  • Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

    Signed by President Nixon, the act was an attempt to reconcile land disputes within Alaska concerning Alaska Natives

  • Alaska Permanent Fund Established

  • Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

    An act signed by President Carter that added 43,585,000 acres of new parkland in Alaska