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Art-warfare guerrilla creates bomb scare by abandoning truck with the word BOMB painted on it at Westlake Center on July 15, 1996.

On July 15, 1996, police evacuate a nine-block area around Westlake Center in downtown Seattle after a pickup truck containing a heart-shaped, red metal sculpture is abandoned in Westlake Park at 4th ...

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Two hydroplane racing fans discover the skull of Kennewick Man on the bank of the Columbia River on July 28, 1996.

On July 28, 1996, two young West Richland men are wading along the banks of the Columbia River near Kennewick when they step on something that looks like a big rock. When they pull it from the mud, th...

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Port of Seattle Commission adopts Sea-Tac International Airport's Master Plan Update, including a third runway and enhanced noise criteria, on August 1, 1996.

On August 1, 1996, the Port of Seattle passes Resolution 3212, adopting the Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport's Master Plan Update (MPU) and the Puget Sound Regional Council's (PSRC) Reso...

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Washington State History Museum opens in Tacoma on August 10, 1996.

On August 10, 1996, the Washington State History Museum opens in a new $42 million building on Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. The museum will be one of the important features in the renaissance of downtown...

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ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) stages Cheap, the first show in Kreielsheimer Place, in downtown Seattle, on September 6, 1996.

On September 6, 1996, ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) stages Cheap, the first show in its new $30.4 million complex, Kreielsheimer Place, in downtown Seattle. Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson wr...

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King County voters defeat a $215 million parks and open-space bond issue on September 17, 1996.

On September 17, 1996, King County voters defeat a $215 million bond proposal intended to fund habitat restoration, purchase lands for parks and open spaces, and create ballfields.

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Aberdeen native Douglas D. Osheroff named co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics on October 9, 1996.

On October 9, 1996, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces that American scientists Douglas Dean Osheroff (b. 1945), David N. Lee (b. 1931), and Robert C. Richardson (1937-2013) are co-winner...

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Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory is dedicated in Richland on October 16, 1996.

On October 16, 1996, the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) is dedicated in Richland. The high-tech laboratory is the fulfillment of a dream by longtime director of th...

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Washington voters elect Democrats Bill Clinton for president and Gary Locke for governor on November 5, 1996.

On November 5, 1996, Washington voters choose Democrats Bill Clinton (b. 1946) for president and Gary Locke (b. 1950) for governor. Statewide ballot measures regarding school vouchers, charter schools...

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Seattle School Board votes to end mandatory busing for desegregation in elementary schools on November 20, 1996.

On November 20, 1996, the Seattle School Board votes unanimously to end mandatory busing for the purpose of racial desegregation in elementary schools, beginning with the 1997-1998 school year. Two ye...

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Surrounded by police, William Scott Scurlock, the "Hollywood Bandit," commits suicide in Seattle on November 28, 1996.

On November 27, 1996, William Scott Scurlock, dubbed "Hollywood" by the police and the "Hollywood Bandit" by the press because of his penchant for theatrical disguises, attempts to rob Seafirst Bank i...

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Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad reopens Stampede Pass line on December 5, 1996.

On December 5, 1996, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad resumes regular train service across Stampede Pass. Service over the 78-mile line that connects Auburn with Cle Elum and Eastern Washingt...

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