CENTENNIAL TIMELINE

1912 ARIZONA TIMELINE 2012 1912

Arizonans celebrate statehood, while the University of Arizona bans ragtime music on campus.

1913

Prescott Downs racetrack and fairgrounds opens; Flagstaff's first garage and automobile dealership open; and Phoenix records only 48 days where the mercury hits 100 degrees or higher.

1919

Grand Canyon National Monument is named a national park, and Tucson becomes the first city in the U.S. to have its own municipal airport.

1914

The Battle of Naco occurs along the Arizona-Mexico border during the Mexican Revolution.

1920

Buckeye's first cotton gin is built by the Dunlop Tire Co.; Phoenix surpasses Tucson as the largest city in Arizona; a redwood pipeline from the Verde River to Phoenix is completed; and the Hearst Building, Arizona's first skyscraper, goes up.

1915

Northern Arizona Normal School's football team is nicknamed the "Lumberjacks." In its first game, the team defeats Winslow High 26-0. Also in 1915, Arizona's state flag is approved.

1916

The Old Trails Arch Bridge is built across the Colorado River near present-day Interstate 40.

1921

Phelps Dodge acquires the assets of the Arizona Copper Co., thus taking control of mining operations in Morenci, while Bartholomew "Bat" Masterson, who had spent time with Wyatt Earp in Tombstone, dies.

1917

Public drinking cups and common-use towels are banned in Arizona.

1918

Two dozen cases of Spanish influenza are reported in Tucson, prompting the closing of "all places of public gatherings," while Casa Grande Ruins is proclaimed a national monument.

1922

KFAD (now KTAR) becomes Arizona's first licensed commercial radio station; the small town of Perryville is established approximately 25 miles west of Phoenix; and the University of Arizona polo team is established under the Department of Military Science and Tactics, using horses belonging to the ROTC program.

1923

The University of Arizona's Steward Observatory is dedicated, while Union Station in Phoenix opens to the public, serving both the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads.

1924

The Luhrs Building opens on Jefferson Street in downtown Phoenix, becoming the city's tallest structure.

1925

Arizona Highways magazine publishes its premiere issue in April.

1926

Carl Hayden runs for U.S. Senate and remains in office until 1969; Route 66 is born; the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opens a new depot in Flagstaff; and the first section of John Weatherford's San Francisco Mountain Boulevard opens.

1927

The Santa Maria, a plane from Italy, becomes the first seaplane to fly into Arizona; and Charles Lindbergh dedicates Tucson's DavisMonthan Airfield.

1928

Navajo Bridge is built over the Colorado River at Marble Canyon; Ernest E. Love Field is dedicated in Prescott; and Charles Lindbergh lands his plane at Grand Canyon Red Butte Airport.

1929

The Cochise County seat is moved from Tombstone to Bisbee; the Westward Ho becomes the first hotel in Arizona to have air conditioning; and the Detroit Tigers become the first team to hold spring training in Arizona.

1930

Pluto is discovered at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff.

1931

Winnie Ruth Judd murders her roommates and cuts their bodies into pieces.

1932

Robber's Roost becomes one of the first major films to be made in Arizona, and the Santa Cruz River floods after a massive rainstorm, causing more than $3 million in damages.

1933

Isabella Greenway of Arizona becomes the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.

1934

Actress Barbara Eden is born in Tucson.

1935

The last grizzly bear in Arizona is killed, and Prescott's Smoki Museum opens.

1936

The first tequila ever produced in the United States is made in Nogales.

1937

Phoenix records its heaviest snowfall to date when 1-4 inches of snow falls on January 21-22, while a record low of minus 30 is recorded in Flagstaff on January 22.

1938

John Ford's production of Stagecoach arrives in Arizona, and the first organized ski area opens in the San Francisco Peaks (it would later be called Arizona Snowbowl).

1939

The ruins at Tuzigoot are named a national monument; the Old Tucson movie set is built; Gunga Din, starring Cary Grant, is filmed in Yuma; Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are married in Kingman; and Ida Mae Fredericks becomes the first Hopi to receive a college degree at what is now Northern Arizona University.

1950

Arizona gains 50 percent in population, according to new census numbers. The new population is 742,382.

1963

Glen Canyon Dam is completed, allowing for the creation of Lake Powell.

1964

Waylon Jennings' band, the Waylors, becomes the house band at JD's in Phoenix.

1951

The world champion New York Yankees, owned by Phoenix resident Del Webb, hold spring training at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Central Avenue and Mohave Street.

1965

Vonda Kay Van Dyke of Phoenix is named Miss America; Sun City becomes one of the first retirement communities in the U.S.; George Phippen of Skull Valley founds the Cowboy Artists of America; and Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix is completed.

1952

A U.S. Air Force transport plane crashes in the Sierra Ancha, killing all 28 people aboard, making it the deadliest crash to date in Arizona history.

1953

Phelps Dodge closes its "Billion Dollar Copper Camp" in Jerome.

1966

Arizona State College becomes Northern Arizona University, and The Doors play their first gig outside of Los Angeles at Phoenix's Fifth Estate.

1954

The Reverend Bert Charles Roberson dies in a car crash at 14th and Washington streets in Phoenix, ending the city's record of 254 days without a fatal traffic accident.

1955

A thunderstorm with 70-mph winds destroys 30 planes and causes $150,000 in damages at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport.

1967

Arizona State University professor Rita Dove wins the Pulitzer Prize for poetry; the University of Arizona band plays the national anthem at the first Super Bowl in Los Angeles; the state records its latest sunset (8:41 p.m.), causing loud protests from restaurants the following year, the state Legislature votes to opt out of daylight saving time.

1956

TWA Flight 2 and United Airlines Flight 718 collide over the Grand Canyon, killing 128 people; renowned architect Mary Jane Colter, who designed Desert View Watchtower, et al., dies; Prescott is named an "AllAmerican City" by Money magazine; and Sundrella begins producing its iconic aluminum patio umbrellas.

1968

The Phoenix Suns join the NBA; The Doors play the Arizona State Fair, where Jim Morrison incites a near-riot; and Edward Abbey's enduring book Desert Solitaire is published.

1957

Page is founded to accommodate construction workers building Glen Canyon Dam.

1969

Navajo Community College in Tsaile becomes the first U.S. college located on an Indian reservation.

1970

Remnants of Tropical Storm Norma kill 23 people during The Labor Day Storm of 1970.

1940

Prescott's KYCA begins broadcasting; actor Tom Mix dies in a car crash near Florence; and Big Nose Kate, Doc Holliday's commonlaw wife, dies at the Arizona Pioneers' Home in Prescott.

1941

Luke Air Force Base is named for WWI flying ace Frank Luke Jr. of Phoenix.

1942

Approximately 18,000 JapaneseAmericans are interned in Poston Relocation Camp south of Parker.

1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress crashes into the Gila Mountains 20 miles east of Yuma during a night flight; Franklin D. Roosevelt gets 80,926 votes in Arizona during the presidential campaign, compared to Thomas Dewey's 56,287, thus claiming the state's four electoral votes.

1945

Professional softball player Charlotte "Skipper" Armstrong of Phoenix pitches shutouts in both games of a doubleheader, which gets her listed in Ripley's Believe It or Not!.

1946

The University of Arizona beats Arizona State College 67-0 in college football.

1947

Baseball Hall-ofFamer Bob Lemon pitches the first Cactus League baseball game.

1948

Native Americans are given the right to vote in Arizona, and the last electric streetcar makes its final run in Phoenix.

1949

Jacque Mercer of Litchfield Park is crowned Miss America; KPHO, the state's first TV station, begins broadcasting; and Emory Sekaquaptewa, a Hopi from Oraibi, becomes the first full-blooded Native American to receive an appointment to West Point.

1958

Arizona's Jimmy Bryan wins the Indy 500, and Wayne Newton, sophomore class president at North Phoenix High School, drops out to sing in Las Vegas.

1959

Glendale's Marty Robbins records El Paso, which later becomes the first country song to win a Grammy Award; the Beeline Highway between Mesa and Payson replaces the old dirt road that used to connect the cities; and Frank Lloyd Wright (left) dies in Phoenix.

1960

Arizona's population exceeds 1 million.

1961

Arizona's Al Casey performs Cookin' on American Bandstand.

1962

Sonny Nunez, a 22-year-old featherweight boxer from Glendale, dies of injuries suffered in a fight at Madison Square Garden in Phoenix; and the Arizona Corporation Commission approves a nickel-aride increase in bus fares.

1971

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash broadcast their TV show from Carefree; the Legislature names the bola tie the official neckwear of Arizona; and Interstate 8 between Casa Grande and Yuma is completed.

1972

Bob Dylan takes refuge in Scottsdale, where he writes Forever Young.

1973

Interstate 17 between Phoenix and Flagstaff is completed.

1974

Kartchner Caverns is discovered.

1975

ASU's Frank Kush is named college football's Coach of the Year, and Edward Abbey's classic book The Monkey Wrench Gang is published.

1976

President Gerald Ford releases a statement on the death of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles, saying he was "distressed and outraged that a reporter in search of truth became an apparent victim of the underworld."

1977

Canyon Records releases its first rock record.

1978

The Reverend James Rausch, bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, endorses newly elected Pope John Paul II.

1979

The Arizona Republic announces on its front page that it's changing its headline font to Helvetica, "one of the most readable and contemporary typefaces in the printing business."

1980

Stewart Mountain Dam near Phoenix is threatened by storms that lead to a record flow in the normally dry Salt River.

1981

$3.3 million is stolen from the First National Bank of Arizona in Tucson, and Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

1982

Future pop star Michelle Branch is born in Phoenix, because the hospitals in Flagstaff, where her parents live, are full.

1983

La Paz County is added as the state's newest county, and Dr. Ted Diethrich of Phoenix performs the first live telecast of open-heart surgery on prime-time television.

1984

Historic Route 66 is declared officially dead when the last stretch of Interstate 40 bypasses Williams.

1985

The State Parks Board acquires the Pendley homestead for $3,757,324.65, laying the groundwork for what would become Slide Rock State Park.

1986

The ringtail is designated the state mammal, and the Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake is designated the state reptile; and the Laughlin Bridge opens, providing easy access between Bullhead City, Arizona, and Laughlin, Nevada.

1994

On June 28, the temperature reaches 128 degrees in Lake Havasu City.

1995

Grand Canyon National Park shuts down for the first time in history because of a budget deadlock between Congress and the White House.

1996

Kerri Strug of Tucson overcomes a serious ankle injury to help the U.S. women's team win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.

1997

The Muhammed Ali Parkinson Center opens in Phoenix, and the University of Arizona Wildcats beat the University of Kentucky Wildcats 84-79 to win the NCAA basketball championship.

1998

Iconic Arizona politicians Barry Goldwater and Morris Udall die, and the Arizona Diamondbacks play their first regularseason baseball game.

1999

Robbie Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, jumps his motorcycle 228 feet across a portion of the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

2000

The Arizona Diamondbacks turn their first triple play (Mark McGwire was at the plate); Luis Gonzales becomes the first Diamondbacks player to hit for the cycle; and Randy Johnson pitches the 3,000th strikeout of his career.

2008

Stephenie Meyer of Scottsdale, author of the Twilight series of books, is the bestselling author of the year, selling more than 29 million books.

2009

President Barack Obama speaks at the Arizona State University commencement.

2010

The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge opens, allowing motorists to bypass Hoover Dam to cross the Colorado River north of Kingman - the new bridge covers a 1,900-foot span approximately 900 feet above the river.

1987

The Painted Desert Inn is named a National Historic Landmark; Larry McMurtry gives the keynote address during Northern Arizona University's honors week; Arizona State University defeats Michigan 22-17 in the Rose Bowl; and the U2 rockumentary Rattle and Hum is filmed at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium.

1988

The St. Louis Cardinals move to Arizona and become the Phoenix Cardinals (the name is later changed to the Arizona Cardinals), and Sky Harbor Airport is selected the nation's best airport for passenger amenities by Money magazine.

1989

Iconic Arizona author Edward Abbey dies, and Governor Rose Mofford signs into law a paid holiday honoring the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., ending a two-year economic boycott of the state.

1990

The temperature in Phoenix hits 122 degrees on June 26, making it the hottest day on record, and former Phoenician and Tubes member Vince Welnick joins the Grateful Dead as keyboardist.

1991

Margaret Sanger Slee is inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame for her work in building hospitals in Tucson.

1992

Cody Custer of Wickenburg wins the PRCA bull-riding championship.

1993

Charles Barkley of the Phoenix Suns wins the NBA's MVP award, and labor leader César Chávez dies.

2001

The Arizona Diamondbacks defeat the New York Yankees 4 games to 3 in the World Series.

2002

The Rodeo-Chediski Fire becomes the worst wildfire in state history to date, burning 468,638 acres.

2003

The Arizona Rattlers become the first team in Arena Football League history to score 80-plus points in consecutive games; the all-time record high minimum temperature in Phoenix (93 degrees) is eclipsed as a new mark of 96 degrees is established; and Lori Piestewa, a Hopi, becomes the first woman to die in the Iraq invasion.

2004

Former Arizona State University and Arizona Cardinals football player Pat Tillman is killed in Afghanistan, and 40-year-old Randy Johnson tosses the 17th perfect game in major-league history, pitching the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Atlanta Braves, 2-0.

2005

Bank One Ballpark, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, is renamed Chase Field.

2006

The Arizona Cardinals play their first game - a preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers - in what would later be known as University of Phoenix Stadium.

2007

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules Arizona Snowbowl operators cannot use reclaimed wastewater to make snow.

2011

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others are shot outside a Safeway in Tucson, and Arizona State University's women's softball team wins the College World Series.

2012

Arizona Highways celebrates the state's Centennial with its first-ever 100-page issue,

PHOTO CREDITS

Page 9, top row, left to right: Statehood Day in Prescott, Arizona State Library; Prescott Downs, Arizona State Library; Governor George W.P. Hunt in an influenza mask, Arizona State Archives. Middle row, left to right: Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Museum Collection; gas pump, Dreamstime; Bat Masterson, Arizona State Library; microphone, Dreamstime. Bottom Row: Charles Lindbergh, Arizona Historical Society; Winnie Ruth Judd, Herb & Dorothy McLaughlin Collection, Arizona State University Libraries.

Pages 10-11, top row, left to right: Barbara Eden, NBCU Photo Bank/AP Images; tequila bottle, iStock; Stagecoach graphic, Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee; snowman, iStock; cake-topper, iStock; Tom Mix, Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee; Sharlot Hall, Sharlot Hall Museum Library and Archives; B-17, iStock; streetcar, Collection of Jeremy Rowe Vintage Photography, vintagephoto.com; crown, Dreamstime. Middle row, left to right: New York Yankees Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio and Billy Johnson, AP; clock, Dreamstime; Sundrella umbrella, courtesy Sundrella; Page sign, Northern Arizona University, Cline Library; Olgivanna and Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Bottom row, left to right: paintbrush, Dreamstime; Doors album, photograph by Molly Smith; Dick Van Arsdale, courtesy Phoenix Suns; bola tie, photograph by Molly Smith; Frank Kush, photograph by Jeff Kida; Stewart Mountain Dam, Arizona State Library.

Pages 12-13, top row, left to right: Sandra Day O'Connor, courtesy O'Connor House; stork, Dreamstime; Slide Rock State Park, photograph by Jeff Kida; ringtail, photograph by Bruce D. Taubert; Painted Desert, Dreamstime; Arizona Cardinals logo, courtesy Arizona Cardinals; Edward Abbey, photograph by Terrence Moore; stethoscope, Dreamstime; Cody Custer, PRCA ProRodeo; César Chávez, UFW/Jocelyn Sherman. Middle row, left to right: thermometer, iStock; Kerri Strug, courtesy of Kerri Strug; Morris Udall and Barry Goldwater, Arizona Historical Society; motorcycle, iStock; Bob Brenly, Arizona Diamondbacks/Jon Willey; Rodeo-Chediski Fire, Arizona Emergency Information Network. Bottom row, left to right: Twilight books, photograph by Molly Smith; President Obama, courtesy Arizona State University; Mike O'CallaghanPat Tillman Memorial Bridge, courtesy Bureau of Reclamation; Giffords Memorial, photograph by Art Foxall.