This Day in Alaska History-January 22nd, 1902
Governor Dunleavy Appoints Thomas Baker to House District 40 Seat
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed Thomas Baker to the vacant House District 40 (HD 40) seat in the Alaska House of Representatives. District 40 is the northernmost state house district in the United States, stretching from the Kotzebue area east to the Canadian border. The seat was vacated last month after Josiah […]
NASA Selects New Director to Investigate UFOs
NASA said on Thursday it has selected a research director to investigate UFO sightings on the recommendation of an independent panel of experts. Administrator Bill Nelson, who made the announcement, has yet to identify the appointee. The unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, is the official term for what most call UFOs — unidentified flying objects. […]
This Day in Alaska History-July 20th, 1917
Although the official announcement that Thomas Riggs would become the third Territorial Governor of Alaska wouldn’t come until much later, President Woodrow Wilson let it be known unofficially, on July 20th, 1917, that he had made his choice as to who was going to replace John Franklin Alexander Strong as the new governor of the […]