It’s Arizona’s birthday today; the state is 107-years old. Governor Doug Ducey issued a proclamation declaring today, February 14-th, as Arizona Statehood Day. On February 14-th, 1912, after 49-years as a U.S. territory, President William Howard Taft signed the Arizona Statehood Act, making Arizona the 48-th state to enter the Union of the United States of America; and news of Arizona’s statehood was telegraphed to the people of Arizona, Governor George W.P. Hunt was inaugurated and the Legislature was called into its first session.
