Nonetheless, Eisenhower signed legislation making Alaska a state on July 7, 1958. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially admitted as the 49th state. That same year, Hawaii would become the 50th.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost in Russia’s Siberia have ...
The remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region who call it the ...