Commentaries by Sascha Bachmann

On January 3, 1959, Alaska became America's forty-ninth state. Read the Alaskan Statehood Act, which was passed by Congress and signed by then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower during the preceding year.

The Roman lawyer Cicero was born on January 3, 106 BC. Learn more about Cicero and read selections from his work On the Laws.