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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, Australia hockey captain, 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 Field Marshal, 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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