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The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Through it, Alaska became the 49th U.S. state on January 3, 1959. The law was the culmination of a multi-decade effort by many prominent Alaskans, including Bartlett, Ernest Gruening, Bill Egan, Bob Atwood, and Ted Stevens. The law was first introduced by James Wickersham in 1916, shortly after the First Organic Act. However, due to a lack of ...
The Admission Act, formally An Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union (Pub. L. 86–3, 73 Stat. 4, enacted March 18, 1959) is a statute enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower which dissolved the Territory of Hawaii and established the State of Hawaii as the 50th state to be admitted into the Union. [1]
August 1–8: Hurricane Dot (1959) [1] August 21 – The Territory of Hawaii is admitted to the union of the United States as the 50th State. [2] William F. Quinn is elected the first governor of the state of Hawaii. [3]
Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million, and 92 years later, it became the 49th state. ... Alaska was officially made the 49th state in January 1959.
August 21: Hawaii admitted as 50th state. July 8 — Charles Ovnand and Dale R. Buis become the first Americans killed in action in Vietnam. July 15 — Steel strike of 1959: Labor union strike in the U.S. steel industry.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Admission Act on March 18, 1959, which created the means for Hawaiian statehood. After a referendum in which over 93% of Hawaiian citizens voted in favor of statehood, Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state on August 21, 1959. [citation needed]
During the Cold War, Hawaiʻi became an important site for U.S. cultural diplomacy, military training, research, and as a staging ground for the U.S. war in Vietnam. [146]: 105 In March 1959, Congress passed the Hawaiʻi Admissions Act, which U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law. [147]