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