Code Adam logo Code Adam is a missing-child safety program in the United States and Canada, originally created by Wal-Mart retail stores in 1994. This type of alert is generally regarded as having been named in memory of Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of John Walsh (the host of Fox's America's Most Wanted).
When were Alaska and Hawaii added as states after? Both became US States in 1959, Hawaii as #50 and Alaska as #49 and they were preceded by Arizona as #48. Making the world better, one answer at a time.
How did US get Hawaii and Alaska? Alaska became a part of the US when Russia badly needed some money and gladly took up a guy named Seward on his offer of buying Alaska for a relatively cheap price. At that tiâ¦me, American citizens called Alaska Seward's Folly becauose they thought buying Alaska was a waste of money.