Alaska and Hawaii statehood
1959 · Event
The US admits its 49th and 50th states, completing the union and adding its only non-contiguous territories.
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- Cession of Louisiana to the US (1803)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
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- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)