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This Day in History
Posted: Friday, June 04, 2004
In Alaska
• In 1954, two pigeons were finally removed from the Juneau City Library after taking two fast turns around the fiction section, stopping briefly at the periodicals and perching on a high light fixture. It took two police officers, a librarian and a length of rope to evict the birds.
• In 1964, Fairbanks police seized $35,000 worth of marijuana and arrested two on charges of "possession of a narcotic."
• In 1970, Alaska Airlines bought the Alyeska Ski Corporation.
In the nation
• In 1812, the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.