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.
all Alaskans were citizens of the United States; in a special election on August 26, 1958, Alaskans had approved Statehood by a vote of 40, 452 to 8,010; the new State of Alaska would enjoy the same measure of local self-government as the other forty-eight States; and.