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Signing of Arizona statehood bill in 1912. Arizona's first Congressman was Carl Hayden (1877–1972). [47] He was the son of a Yankee merchant who had moved to Tempe because he needed dry heat for his bad lungs.
30th June: 19 members of the Prescott Fire Department were killed fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. [262] Population in Phoenix estimate of 1,513,367. [263] 2014 – Cubs Park opens in Mesa. 2015 January 1: The Lowell Discovery Telescope, constructed with funding from the Discovery Channel, and owned by Lowell Observatory becomes fully ...
1871 – Great Michigan Fire of 1871 was a series of simultaneous fires, the most prominent of which was the Port Huron Fire, which killed over 200 people in Port Huron, Michigan. 1871 – The Urbana fire destroyed central Urbana, Illinois, on October 9. 1872 – Great Boston Fire of 1872, destroyed 776 buildings and killed at least 20 people.
The Arizona Territory is admitted to the union of the United States, as the 48th U.S state. [1] George W. P. Hunt is elected the first governor of Arizona. [2] November 5 – 1912 United States presidential election in Arizona. [3]
Most of the destruction has been the result of two blazes -- the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire -- which have destroyed more than 6,000 structures and killed at least 24 people.
The Arizona State Constitution is amended; Arizona becomes a right-to-work state. [50] Ray Bussey elected mayor. [50] 1947 October: A fire destroys all but four of Phoenix's electric streetcars. The city begins the process of transitioning to a public bus transit system. [35] The Phoenix Charter Revision Committee is formed.
Legislators look likely to repeal a near-total abortion ban enacted by a deeply unrepresentative territorial legislature.
The fires killed 44, injured at least 185 people, and destroyed 5,700 homes. The deadliest was the Tubbs Fire, which alone killed 22 people. 43 1900 Tacoma streetcar disaster: Accident – railroad Tacoma, Washington: 43 1915 1915 Ardmore gas explosion Accident – railroad Ardmore, Oklahoma: $1,250,000