THE GARRISON ITSELF, meanwhile, was in chaos. When the attack began, only about 750 soldiers were in the fort; most of the others were on leave or quartered in nearby villages. The besieged soldiers tumbled into the fort from the roof and told of planes with no engines appearing silently out of the night sky.
When did Alaska become a state? Alaska was formally recognized by the U.S. as one of its states on the third day of January in 1959. To know more about the history of the place, it is best to look at the important events that happened in the state from the 1700s to the 1900s.
Because of the continuing population growth in the area, the statehood of Alaska was proposed in the mid 1950s. In 1958, the proposal was approved and a year after, Alaska was proclaimed as the U.S. 49th state. Other important historical events in the state in the late 1900s are the Trans-Alaska Pipelineâs construction in 1977 and the oil boom in the late 1980s.