2014 Event French author Patrick Modiano receives the Nobel Prize in Literature, winning the award over noted poet Adonis and writers Haruki Murakami, Svetlana Alexievich, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o 2012 Event Following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda becomes President of Malawi 1998 Event 80th PGA Championship at Sahalee CC, Seattle WA 1992 Event WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final 1990 Event Steve and Mark Waugh complete 464* partnership for NSW vs. WA 1989 Event Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA vs. WA) 1989 Event Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia 1988 Event Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast 1988 Event WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final 1988 Event Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil 1987 Event WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria 1985 Event ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA 1985 Event KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ) 1984 Event WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield 1980 Event McCosker (168) and Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW vs. WA 1971 Birthday Damien Martyn, cricketer, WA and Australian middle-order batsman 1971 Birthday Brad Hogg, cricketer, WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia vs. India 1996 1970 Event KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1968 Birthday Jo Angel, cricketer, big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993- 1967 Birthday Jamie Brayshaw, cricketer, son of Ian WA and SA right-handed batsman 1967 Event KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KYVE TV channel 47 in Yakima, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Birthday Tim Zoehrer, cricketer, Aussie keeper, and occasional WA leggie 1961 Event 108 degrees F, Spokane, WA 1961 Event KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1960 Event 1st atomic reactor for research and development, Richland Wa 1960 Event KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1959 Event KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Death Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies 1954 Event KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl, WA (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Event KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins 1953 Event KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins 1953 Event KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 Birthday Ric Charlesworth, cricketer, WA opener, Australia hockey captain, MP, Labour 1950 Birthday Mick Malone, cricketer, WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14 1948 Event KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1943 Death Wa'er, shot dead by Defiance 1935 Death Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89 1930 Event WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday Peter Loader, cricketer, England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA 1929 Event KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions 1928 Event KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions 1927 Event KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions 1926 Event KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions 1922 Event KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1922 Event KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions 1918 Event Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa 1889 Event Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood 1880 Death Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at 80 1866 Birthday Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate, Royal Oil, Shell 1831 Death August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal, dies at 70 1811 Event 1st U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA 1799 Birthday Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician
