Alaska Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska observed on October 18. It is the anniversary of the formal transfer of the Territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States which occurred on Friday October 18 1867.
meaning
Formal transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States
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