Portal:Utah/Utah anniversaries/more

January 4, 1896 - Utah becomes the 45th state in the United States.
February 8, 2002 - the XIX Olympic Winter Games begin.
February 12, 2007 - the Trolley Square shooting results in the deaths of 5 people.
February 28, 1850 - the University of Utah is founded.
March 8, 1924 - the Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 in Castle Gate, Utah.
March 12, 2003 - Elizabeth Smart, kidnapped nine months earlier from her home in Salt Lake City, is found alive in Sandy, Utah.
April 14, 1983 - a landslide leads to the destruction of Thistle, Utah.
April 15, 1948 - Utah's first television station, W6SIX, begins broadcasting.
May 1, 1900 - The Scofield Mine disaster kills more than 200 coal miners near Scofield, Utah.
May 6, 1922 - Utah's first radio station, KZN, begins broadcasting.
May 10, 1869 - The First Transcontinental Railroad, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
June 15, 1850 - The Deseret News is first published.
July 24, 1847 - After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Great Salt Lake City as the first city of Deseret.
August 11, 1999 - An F-2 tornado rips through downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, killing one person and injuring over 100.
September 11, 1857 - The Mountain Meadows massacre results in the death of 120 unarmed men, women and children.
October 14, 1922 - The University of Utah beat Brigham Young University 49-0 to begin a college football rivalry known as the Holy War.
November 11, 1965 - United Airlines Flight 227 crashed while attempting to land at Salt Lake City Municipal Airport.
November 19, 1915 - Joe Hill, a radical songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World, is executed by firing squad for murder.
December 23, 1909 - The USS Utah, a Florida-class dreadnought battleship, is launched.

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