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Lonkut
Aug 28, 2004, 10:48 PM
And was it the 50th state? If not which state was the latest to become a US sate?
Colonel
Aug 29, 2004, 07:59 AM
Hawaii joined in January of 1951 i think or is it december one of the two but hawaii is the 50th
AnarchyRulz
Aug 29, 2004, 10:46 AM
It is the 49th, Alaska is the 50th
Bugfatty300
Aug 29, 2004, 11:05 AM
The island of Hawaii became a state in August, 21 1959. Alaska was a year earlier.
CivEmperor
Aug 29, 2004, 11:06 AM
No Alaska is 49th, Hawai'i is 50th.

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Alaska-January 3, 1959
Hawai'i-August 18, 1959