Created by Lynn Lambert for a territory-wide design competition, the Yukon flag is adopted.
The capital seat is moved from Dawson to Whitehorse due to the construction of the Klondike Highway.
The Yukon Order of Pioneers convinces the Territorial Council of Yukon to recognize Discovery Day as a public holiday.
Joseph Ladue founds Dawson City and it becomes the first capital of Yukon.
A Yukon native man, Keish, also known among the whites as Skookum Jim Mason, discovers gold at Bonanza Creek in Yukon.