1. In 1910, the S.S. Victoria, a steamship traveling from Sitka to Juneau, sank off the coast of Southeast Alaska due to heavy fog. All passengers and crew survived, but the ship itself was lost.

2. In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act, formally admitting Alaska as the 49th state of the United States.

3. In 1978, Mount Adams, a volcano in the Aleutian Islands, erupted for the first time in recorded history. The eruption sent a plume of ash and steam over 12,000 feet into the air.

4. In 1998, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Kenai Peninsula, causing damage to buildings and infrastructure throughout the region. Fortunately, no fatalities were reported.

5. In 2016, the MV Tustumena, an Alaska Marine Highway ferry, was temporarily taken out of service due to a leak in its hull. The ship was repaired and later returned to service, connecting communities along Alaska's southwestern coast.