Alaska counts down to 50th celebration

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Happy 50th birthday, Alaska!The 49th state celebrates 50 years of statehood on January 3When Alaskans found out the United States Senate passed the Statehood Act in June of 1958, sirens blared, crowds gathered and celebrated around bonfires, Anchorage Elks Club members unfurled a 40-by-60-foot flag and Fairbanks residents accidentally dyed the Chena River bright green. It was a spontaneous,

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