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- 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.
