Today in Seattle History
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 107
1851-11-13 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington.
1856-01-25 - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians
1861-05-20 - Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle
1861-11-04 - University of Washington founded in Seattle
1880-01-06 - Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
1880-01-09 - 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days
1886-02-09 - Pres Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1889-06-06 - Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1893-01-06 - Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1894-03-05 - Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in US
1897-07-17 - 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon
1898-05-21 - US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized
1904-12-19 - Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905
1905-02-11 - James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299½-last pin breaks but stands
1907-08-28 - United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
1907-08-28 - UPS is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
1907-11-30 - Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle
1909-06-01 - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle
1916-07-15 - Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash
1917-03-26 - Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 - Seattle is 1st US team to win Stanley Cup
1919-02-06 - 1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike
1919-03-03 - 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC
1920-04-01 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1922-03-09 - KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
1924-04-06 - 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
1924-09-28 - 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
1926-03-09 - Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle
1926-11-24 - KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
1933-04-07 - University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
1936-12-15 - KVL-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KEEN (now KING)
1938-12-29 - Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins
1940-07-02 - Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
1941-07-16 - 100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash
1944-05-06 - KJR-AM in Seattle Wash swaps calls with KOMO
1946-06-21 - Fed judge rules Seattle club doesn't have to play returning serviceman
1948-11-25 - KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953-03-01 - KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
1953-08-02 - KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting
1953-12-10 - KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954-12-07 - KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955-03-31 - US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) & Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan
1955-06-09 - 100°F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington
1958-02-08 - KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958-03-22 - 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72
1961-05-22 - 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle), opens
1962-04-21 - Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
1962-10-22 - Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center
1963-08-28 - Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens
1964-10-16 - Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland & Dallas
1965-04-29 - Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
1967-10-18 - AL votes to allow Athletics to move from KC to Oakland & expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with KC & Seattle teams
1967-11-13 - NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle & Kansas City
1967-12-01 - Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
1967-12-01 - Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
1968-03-31 - Seattle's AL club is named Pilots
1969-04-01 - Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals
1969-07-25 - 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival
1969-10-02 - Seattle Pilots last game in Seattle, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473
1969-12-02 - Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
1970-03-31 - Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
1970-04-01 - Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bankrupt
1970-11-09 - Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins
1972-11-02 - Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle
1973-10-16 - Monks Heng Yo & Heng Ju, start 1000 mile SF to Seattle pilgrimage
1973-12-02 - US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
1973-12-11 - NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle & Vancouver franchises
1974-06-11 - Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash
1974-07-20 - Heng Yo & Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage
1975-08-30 - KTW-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX)
1975-09-01 - KOL-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KMPS
1976-06-10 - 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome
1976-08-28 - NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
1976-10-05 - Seattle & Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) & Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
1976-11-05 - New AL franchises in Seattle & Toronto fill up their rosters
1977-05-07 - 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
1977-05-21 - 103rd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 1:54.4
1977-06-11 - 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6
1977-07-24 - Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 2/3 innings of perfect relief tying 2 game record of retiring 33 consecutive batsmen
1977-08-28 - NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
1977-09-16 - Seattle beats Royals, 4-1, to end KC's winning streak at 16 games
1979-06-09 - Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
1979-07-17 - 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
1982-06-05 - Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle
1982-07-15 - Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
1982-07-22 - Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle
1982-12-05 - Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees
1983-11-02 - Abp Hickey conducts papal investigation of Abp Hunthausen, Seattle
1985-09-29 - Deron Cherry, Kansas City vs Seattle, has 4 interceptions!
1986-04-11 - KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
1986-08-17 - Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market
1988-08-31 - 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1988-10-08 - Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage
1988-11-08 - Arco Arena in Sacramento CA opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
1990-06-13 - Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya
1990-07-21 - Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash
1991-07-25 - Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
1991-12-27 - Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach
1992-09-27 - Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs
1993-06-16 - Ken Griffey Jr slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's
1993-09-26 - Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 63 of 63
1863-04-29 - William Randolph Hearst, publisher (SF Examiner, Seattle P-I)
1868-10-19 - Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major US city (Seattle)
1886-05-28 - Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph)
1891-02-02 - Frank Foyston, NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle)
1893-08-06 - Guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)
1906-01-19 - Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show)
1909-10-12 - Josephine Hutchinson, Seattle WA, actress (Story of Louis Pasteur)
1914-01-09 - Gypsy Rose Lee, [Rose Hovick], Seattle, burlesque actress (Gypsy)
1914-02-09 - Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208)
1914-02-11 - Matt Dennis, Seattle Wash, vocalist (Matt Dennis Show)
1914-02-15 - Kevin McCarthy, Seattle, actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling)
1914-09-19 - Frances Farmer, Seattle WA, actress (Son of Fury, Among the Living)
1916-11-08 - June Havoc, Seattle Wash, actress (Willy, Panic, GE Theater)
1920-03-24 - Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma)
1922-02-24 - Steven Hill, Seattle WA, actor (Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law & Order)
1925-02-22 - Guy Mitchell, Detroit MI, actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle)
1926-03-23 - Martha Wright, Seattle, singer (Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show)
1929-05-07 - Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)
1929-10-05 - Richard F Gordon Jr, Seattle, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 11, Apol 12)
1930-09-11 - Cathryn Damon, Seattle Wash, actress (Mary-Soap, She's Having a Baby)
1938-05-26 - William Elden Bolcom, Seattle Washington, composer (Oracles)
1938-07-09 - Paul Seiko Chihara, Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer
1939-05-01 - Judy Collins, Seattle Wash, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds)
1942-05-08 - Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) [or Nov 8]
1942-10-15 - Don Stevenson, Seattle Wash, rock drummer (Moby Grape)
1942-11-27 - Jimi Hendrix, Seattle Wash, rock guitarist (Purple Haze)
1943-07-22 - Bobby Sherman, actor/singer (Seattle)
1945-04-04 - Caroline McWilliams, Seattle Wash, actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson)
1945-09-12 - Vern M Lindblad, Seattle WA, Turkologist
1949-11-10 - Ann Reinking, Seattle, dancer/actress (All the Jazz, Micki & Maude)
1951-06-30 - Stephen S Oswald, Seattle Washington, astronaut (STS 42, 56, 67)
1951-07-01 - Daryl Anderson, Seattle, actor (Animal-Lou Grant)
1952-07-17 - Chet McCracken, Seattle Wash, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
1953-03-27 - Pamela Roylance, Seattle Wash, actress (Sarah-Little House on Prairie)
1955-08-07 - Greg Nickels, mayor of Seattle
1955-10-28 - Bill [William Henry] Gates, Seattle Wash, billionaire CEO (Microsoft)
1957-06-11 - Bruce Plummer, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 West Coast)
1959-02-17 - Richard Karn, Seattle WA, actor (Al-Home Improvement)
1959-04-22 - Ryan Stiles, Seattle Wash, actor (Lewis-Drew Carey Show)
1959-05-06 - Scott Hood, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Montana Open-2nd)
1959-09-13 - Jean Smart, Seattle Wash, actress (Charlene-Designing Women)
1961-05-11 - Diana Lee[-Hsu], Seattle Wa, playmate (May, 1988)
1962-02-05 - Duff McKagan, [Michael], Seattle Wash, bassist (Guns & Roses)
1963-03-12 - Candy Costie, Seattle Wash, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
1963-03-26 - Rebecca Twigg, Seattle Wash, 79K cyclist (Olympic-silver-1984, 92, 96)
1963-08-02 - Jeff Bloom, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 Montana Open)
1964-02-17 - Mike Campbell, Seattle WA, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
1964-08-06 - John Mooney, Seattle Wash, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1966-11-19 - Gail Devers, Seattle Wash, 60m/100m hurdler (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
1967-04-29 - Mary McCagg, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
1967-11-06 - Jackie Auzias de Turenne, Seattle, WPVA volleyballer (Natl-17th-1995)
1968-04-30 - Roger Mar, Seattle Wash, rapid fire pistol (Olympics-1996)
1968-08-05 - John Olerud, Seattle WA, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1969-03-14 - Ty[rel] Bennion, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-1996)
1970-10-05 - Josie Bissett, Seattle Wash, actress (Jane Mancini-Melrose Place)
1971-04-10 - Nana Miyagi, Seattle Wash, tennis star (1995 final Surabaya doubles)
1971-05-28 - Jeff Gove, Seattle WA, Nike golfer (1991 Ralphs Senior Classic)
1971-10-27 - Liz Pagano, Seattle Wash, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1994)
1972-06-15 - Lianne Bennion, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-96)
1976-10-03 - Nate Johnson, Seattle Wash, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1979-06-17 - Cawey Schau, Seattle Wash, canoist (alt-Olympics-96)
1989-01-06 - Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)
1989-02-19 - L A Baby orangutan, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 5 of 5
1866-06-07 - Chief Seattle, Native American leader
1974-02-01 - Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
1982-07-15 - Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
1994-04-05 - Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 in Seattle, Washington
1994-11-16 - John Boylan, US actor (Twin Peaks, Sleepless in Seattle), dies at 82
