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2020 - January 21: Washington reports the United States' first case of COVID-19. Washington would record the nation's first death from the disease the following month. 2021 - June & July: The 2021 Western North America heat wave kills 91 people in Washington, making it the state's second deadliest natural disaster on record. [26]
Washington Territorial Timeline To recognize the 150th anniversary of the birth of Washington, the State Archives has created a historical timeline of the Pacific Northwest and Washington Territory. With the help of pictures and documents from the State Archives, the timeline recounts the major political and social events that evolved ...
Historical Timeline of Events Leading to the formation of Washington State Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, from Washington State University; Early Washington Maps, more than 925 maps hosted by WSU "The Long Wait for Statehood, Why it took Washington 36 years and Idaho 26 years to achieve their goals", Columbia: Fall 1988; Vol ...
Current events; Random article; ... Timeline of Washington history may refer to: Timeline of Washington (state) history; Timeline of Washington, D.C.
Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing the city of ...
The state of Washington is home to 24 of these landmarks, extensively highlighting the state's maritime heritage (with eight individual boats) and contributions to the national park movement (including three sites within Mount Rainier National Park, which is also listed), while recognizing a range of other aspects of its historic legacy.
Washington State Fair; Washington State Historical Society; Washington Territory; Wenatchee child abuse prosecutions; Whitman Mission National Historic Site; Joe D. Williamson; Women's suffrage movement in Washington
Washington State Convention Center and Telephone Museum open. Nirvana releases its first album on Seattle's SubPop Records. 1989 Jim McDermott becomes U.S. representative for Washington's 7th congressional district. [56] Sister city relationship established with Daejeon, South Korea. [38] 1990 September 15: Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel opens.