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Alaska Statehood Day

Name: Alaska Statehood Day
Start: 2027-01-03T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2027-01-03
Location: US Holidays

Alaska Statehood Day is held on January 3. 1959. This event in the first decade of the month January is annual.

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Alaska has 3 million lakes. Alaska has more than 12,000 rivers. Alaska has an estimated 100,000 glaciers. Alaska has more volcanoes than any other state. Alaska has the largest forest in the States.

It is famous for the Iditarod, gold mining, sourdough, the Alaska Railroad, aviation, Alaska Native heritage, homesteading, world-class fishing and seafood, outdoor adventures, fresh air, and a slower, more self-sufficient way of life.

Alaska was once sold for $7.2 million. It was admitted as the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.

The name "Alaska" derives from the Aleut word Alaxsxaq (also spelled Alyeska), meaning "mainland" (literally, "the object toward which the action of the sea is directed").

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