(CBS DETROIT) - On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska was admitted as the 49th state. President Eisenhower signed a special proclamation admitting the territory as the largest state at 664,988 square miles.

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On a cold winters day fitting for the occasion, Alaska became an official “United State” on January 3, 1959, however, you ...

President Dwight D. Eisenhower on this day in 1959 signed a proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the nation's 49th, and largest, state.

On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially admitted as the 49th state. That same year, Hawaii would become the 50th. As Smithsonian reported in 2017, “hundreds of billions of dollars in whale oil ...

48 becomes 50. Though it’s not represented on this particular front page from May 21, 1959, a significant change was happening in the United States at this time.

He became involved in “Operation Statehood” and was elected to the first Alaska Legislature in 1959, one of eight representatives from Anchorage. The Legislature was majority Democrat at the time.

Alaska enters the Union on Jan. 3, 1959. By Andrew Glass 01/03/2008 05:56 AM EST. On this day in 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the ...