This Day in History

In Alaska

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• In 1824, the Afognak Forest and Fish Culture Reserve was established by President Benjamin Harrison.

• In 1906, telegraphic service via submarine cable was opened between Juneau and Ketchikan.

• In 1914, the first ore train in the Juneau area operated from the Perseverance Mine to the mill at Thane, south of Juneau.

• In 1959, Bob Hope began a series of shows for Alaska's military personnel at Ladd Air Force Base in Fairbanks.

In the nation

• In 1851, fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.

• In 1865, several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tenn., called the Ku Klux Klan.