On September 28, 1995, in a 6 p.m. ceremony, the U.S. Navy bids farewell to its Sand Point base. The base is to become surplus federal property and transferred to the City of Seattle, which plans to a...
On October 2, 1995, the Seattle Mariners win the American League Western Division Championship with a record of 79 wins against 66 losses. In the American League Division Series, they best the New Yor...
On October 8, 1995, the Seattle Mariners win the first playoff series in their history, coming from behind in the 11th inning to beat the New York Yankees 6-5. Ken Griffey Jr. (b. 1969) scores the win...
On October 24, 1995, Norway's King Harald V (b. 1937) and Queen Sonja (b. 1937) arrive at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to begin a four-day visit that will include events in Olympia, Seattle, P...
On November 7, 1995, Washington voters overwhelmingly defeat three high-profile ballot measures that would have allowed unrestricted casino-style gambling on Indian reservations, banned most gillnet a...
On November 30, 1995, Puget Mill Company's Port Gamble sawmill, the oldest continuously operating sawmill in the U.S., closes permanently. The mill sawed its first log in September 1853. The mill mach...
On December 31, 1995, secondary treatment of sewage from Seattle and King County is underway at West Point after years of controversy and $573 million in construction costs. West Point extends into Pu...
In February 1996, the Seattle chapter of the Raging Grannies makes its debut by singing in the rain at a Washington State Labor Council Rally. They are, according to M. L. Lyke of the Seattle Post-Int...
On February 1, 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Port of Seattle formally issue a seven-volume, 5,500-page Final Environmental Impact Statement for planned Seattle-Tacoma Internation...
On Friday, February 2, 1996, Barry Loukaitis, an eighth grader at Frontier Junior High School in Moses Lake, Washington, arms himself with a rifle and two handguns, walks into his fifth-period Algebra...
On February 7, 1996, Asotin County is struck by some of the worst flooding in its history, from overflow of Asotin Creek and from the Grande Ronde River. No lives are lost, but property damage runs i...
On February 28, 1996, the residents of Edgewood celebrate the official incorporation of their city. The vote to incorporate took place on March 14, 1995, with 1,848 in favor of becoming a city to 1,69...