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This Day in History
Posted: Sunday, December 02, 2007
In Alaska, in the Nation and the World
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In Alaska
• In 1863, Prince Dimitri Maksoutoff became the last Alaska chief manager of the Russian American Company.
• In 1903, the B.M. Behrends Mercantile Co. was incorporated in Juneau.
• In 1974, Jay S. Hammond took office as the fifth governor of Alaska. He was later elected to a second term.