;USA-Alaska AK
;State of Alaska
;capital: Juneau
;Time zones: 
; - east of 169° 30': Alaska: UTC-9/DST-8
; - west of 169° 30': Aleutian: UTC-10/DST-9

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Alaska.gif
COMMENT=Updated February 2, 2018

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31.3.-1Mo  =Seward's Day ;Note=March 30, 1867, comm. signing Alaska Purchase treaty Russia>US, last Monday March {m}
18.10.*MVD =Alaska Day   ;Note=1867, anniversary of transfer to US control from Russia {d}



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;yearly days - observances

03.1.  =Alaska Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1959 {d}
02.2.>2009 =Marmot Day**       ;Note=1st 2010, Senate Bill 58 (April 18, 2009), replacing Groundhog Day {d}
02.2.  =Sled Dog Day**         ;Note=anniversary of the arrival, in 1925, of diphtheria antitoxin in Nome, Alaska; in memory of the sled dogs, especially lead dogs Togo and Balto, who made it possible {n}
06.2.  =Ernest Gruening Day*
16.2.>1987 =#1987th Elisabeth Peratrovich Day* ;Note=1st 1988 {n}
30.3.  =Seward's Day           ;Note=1867, anniversary of purchase from Russia, observed last Monday March {d}
20.4.  =Bob Bartlett Day*
01.5.  =1st day Preservation of the Family Month*
01.5.  =Family Day*
;17.5.  =Alaska Territory Day* ;Note=1884 {d}
01.5.+3Mo =Alaska Arbor Day*   ;Note=3th Monday May {m}
03.6.  =Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day*
12.6.  =Arctic Circle, start midnight sun/polar day (±1day, >July 1, #0000) ;Note=24 consecutive hours of sunlight {d}
01.7.  =Arctic Circle, end midnight sun/polar day (±1day, since June 12, #0000) ;Note=24 consecutive hours of sunlight {d}
04.7.  =Flag Day*              ;Note=addition 49th star to the US flag
09.7.  =Alaska Flag Day*
24.8.  =Wickersham Day*
08.10. =William A. Egan Day*
30.11. =Anthony J. Dimond Day*
07.12. =Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day*

;local events

01.11.+3Sa+1Dy>1981 =Anchorage, #1981th Alascattalo Day & Alascattalo Day Parade (12:03>12:07)* ;Note=1st 1982, 1st Sunday after 3rd Saturday November {m}


;(remembrance) dates by year

17.7.  =Vitus Bering expedition, 1st sight Russian America #1741 years ago (12:30)* ;Note=1741, Mount Saint Elias {d}
20.7.  =Vitus Bering expedition, 1st landing Russian America #1741 years ago* ;Note=1741, Kayak Island, 1st sight July 17, 1741 {d}
04.9.  =Vitus Bering expedition, 1st contact natives Russian America #1741 years ago* ;Note=1741, 1st landing July 20, 1741 {d}
03.8.  =(OS) 1st Russian settlement in Russian America #1784 years ago (Three Saints Bay)* ;Note=1784, Grigory Shelikhov, Aug. 14, 1784 Greg. (NS), destroyed by an earthquake {d}
14.8.  =(NS) 1st Russian settlement in Russian America #1784 years ago (Three Saints Bay)* ;Note=1784, Grigory Shelikhov, Aug. 3, 1784 Jul. (OS), destroyed by an earthquake {d}
16.9.  =(NS) Russian Ukase, proclamation of territorial sovereignty over northwestern North America #1821 years ago* ;Note=1821, Tsar Alexander I, Sep. 4, 1821 (OS), Bering Strait >51° N latitude, Oct. 18, 1867 >US {d}
16.2.  =(OS) boundaries defined Russian America (>Alaska) & British North-America (>Canada) #1825 years ago* ;Note=1825, Treaty of Saint Petersburg, Feb. 28, 1825 Greg. cal. (NS) {d-02-28}
28.2.  =(NS) boundaries defined Russian America (>Alaska) & British North-America (>Canada) #1825 years ago* ;Note=1825, Treaty of Saint Petersburg, Feb. 16, 1825 Jul. cal. (OS) {d}

30.3.  =sign. Alaska Purchase treaty #1867 years ago* ;Note=1867, transfer Oct. 18, 1867 {d}
09.4.  =United States Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from Russia #1867 years ago ;Note=1867 {d}
18.10. =Alaska formal transfer from Russian interests #1867 years ago ;Note=1867 {d}
18.10. =(NS) Alaska, Gregorian calendar adopted #1867 years ago* ;Note=Friday, Oct. 6, 1867 Jul. (OS) followed by Friday, Oct. 18, 1867 Greg. (NS) {d}
;1867 >1884, Department of Alaska
;1867 >1877, under the jurisdiction of the US Army
;1877 >1879, under the jurisdiction of the US Department of the Treasury
;1879 >1884, under the jurisdiction of the US Navy
17.5.  =District of Alaska off. formed #1884 years ago* ;Note=1884, originally formally annexed by the United States {d}
24.8.  =Alaska Territory off. formed #1912 years ago ;Note=1912, previously, the 'District' of Alaska {d}
10.7.  =Anchorage founded #1915 years ago (sale 1st town lots)* ;Note=1915, incorporated Nov. 23, 1920 {d}
23.11. =Anchorage incorporated #1920 years ago* ;Note=1920, founded July 9, 1915 (sale 1st town lots) {d}
02.5.  =Flag of Alaska (territory) adopted #1927 years ago* ;Note=1927 {d}
09.7.  =Flag of Alaska (territory) inaugurally flown #1927 years ago* ;Note=1927 {d}
07.7.  =Alaska Enabling Act #1958 years ago* ;Note=1958, recognizing a State government already formed {d}
03.1.  =Alaska off. admitted to the Union #1959 years ago (49th state) ;Note=1959, Proclamation by President Dwight Eisenhower {d}
04.7.  =49th (Alaska's) star off. added to US-Flag #1959 years ago* ;Note=1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower executive order Jan. 3, 1959 {d}
18.12. =Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) signed into law #1971 years ago* ;Note=1971, President Richard M. Nixon {d}
30.10. =Alaska time zones changed #1983 years ago (2:00 AM local time, UTC−10 >UTC−9)* ;Note=1983, Yukon Standard Time Zone >Alaska Time Zone {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska
;http://www.library.state.ak.us/akholidays.html
;http://www.state.ak.us/courts/holiday.htm
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 156