This day in Arizona history

February 14th marked the day when Arizona became the 48th state of the United States and right now Arizona is celebrating its 100th birthday.

Whether you're a native or newcomer, there's plenty to learn about our beautiful and fascinating home.

Each week we will detail what happened in history in the Grand Canyon State. Read on for each day's historical facts:

SATURDAY, APRIL 14
1919 - 2nd Lt. Frank Luke Jr. of Phoenix was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in action beyond the call of duty.
1920 - Delegates to the district meeting of the State Women's Clubs in Phoenix exchanged heated words over the required medical examinations of students in public schools. Some called the requirements "un-American."
1927 - The first passenger train of the Southern Pacific of Mexico Railroad left Nogales for Guadalajara.
1928 - Mexican and American firefighters in Nogales joined efforts to save the famous Nogales Brewery, but the building was completely destroyed by the fire.

SUNDAY, APRIL 15
1859 - Camp Colorado was established on the Colorado River as a base for California bound immigrants. One week later the name was changed to Fort Mohave. It was abandoned in 1861 and regarrisoned by troops from California on May 19, 1863.
1893 - An advertisement in the Mohave County Miner offered "loaded dice, perfect work and weight & cannot be detected by outsider. Guaranteed to win. Also the finest marked cards made."
1911 - President William Howard Taft announced he would veto the joint resolution of Congress providing statehood for Arizona because the proposed state constitution allowed for the recall of judges.
1915 - State offices were closed in the Salt River Valley as thousands gathered to witness the first spillage of water over Roosevelt Dam.
 1928 - Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society and the Southern Pacific Railroad erected a stone shaft over the graves of Union soldiers who were killed in the skirmish with Confederate forces at Picacho Pass on April 15, 1862.

MONDAY, APRIL 16
1915 - Melting snow in the White Mountains caused floods which took out two dams on the Little Colorado River near St. Johns. Eight people drowned and the reported property damage was $500,000.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17
1911 - Sarah Bernhardt performed at the Tucson Opera House.
1894 - The business district of Jerome, then the largest mining camp in Arizona, was completely destroyed by fire.
 1913 - An air blast, generated by the fall of 3 million tons of capping in the Miami mine, killed seven miners. The blast blew ore cars up to 100 feet.
1930 - 17 stills, 2,000 gallons of mash and 40 gallons of whiskey were confiscated by Greenlee County officers.
1931 - A government order was issued for the extinction of the wild horse herds in the Coconino National Forest.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
1924 - The Chiricahua National Monument was established.
1921 - 600 motorists were stranded at points of entrance to Arizona because of the embargo on all vehicular traffic due to a hoof and mouth quarantine. The occupants of 115 cars at Needles threatened to overpower Arizona border guards, and Governor Hunt ordered the National Guard readied for duty.
1931 - Construction began on an Army Airways Operations Building at Fly Field in Yuma.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19
1859 - Fort Mojave was established.
1884 - Henry Chee Dodge was appointed head Chief of the Navajo Tribe by Agent Riordan.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20
1825 - Charles Poston, "Father of Arizona," was born.
1877 - The town of Globe was founded.
1920 - A gasoline shortage forced many stations to close.
1927 - The town of Globe celebrated its 50th anniversary with 50,000 people, including Gov. George W.P. Hunt who had first entered Globe in 1881, riding a mule and seeking his fortune.
1931 - Funeral services were held for Mrs. Helen Duett Hunt, wife of Arizona Gov. George W.P. Hunt.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21
1877 - John Clum, with Clay Beauford and his Apache Police Force, arrested Geronimo and 13 other Apache renegades at Ojo Caliente, New Mexico.
1904 - Edward Tewksbury, the last survivor of the Graham-Tewksbury feud, died.
1917 - An agricultural conference meeting at the University of Arizona was startled when Dr. A.E. Vinson recommended slaughtering 25,000 wild burros and grinding the meat to make bologna.
1928 - Maricopa and Pima counties battled over their boundaries before the State Supreme Court.