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Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
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1775
8.20.1775
The Spanish establish a ''presidio'' (fort) in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
1856
11.17.1856
American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
1863
2.24.1863
Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868
6.1.1868
Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
1886
9.4.1886
Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1912
2.14.1912
Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1917
2.24.1917
World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
1935
9.30.1935
The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
1953
7.26.1953
Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek Raid.
1956
6.30.1956
A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on board the two planes.
1962
12.9.1962
The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
1988
4.4.1988
Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
1995
10.9.1995
An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
1999
2.24.1999
The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.