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U.S. Navy formally conveys former Sand Point Naval Air Station to the City of Seattle on December 12, 1997.

On December 12, 1997, the U.S. Navy ends years of wrangling among Seattle-area jurisdictions by issuing a formal "Record of Decision" that conveys remaining property at the former Sand Point Naval Air...

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Ralph Seeley, attorney and advocate for medical marijuana, dies on January 21, 1998.

On January 21, 1998, Tacoma attorney Ralph L. Seeley (1948-1998) succumbs to a cancer that has tormented him for more than a decade. Diagnosed in 1986 with chordoma, a rare bone cancer that starts in ...

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State Supreme Court rejects bid to form Cedar County out of eastern King County on February 5, 1998.

On February 5, 1998, Washington's Supreme Court ends a six-year effort by dissatisfied rural residents to create a new Cedar County out of 1,585 square miles of eastern King County. Cedar County propo...

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Seattle and Washington officials appoint the Elevated Transportation Company (ETC) board to comply with Initiative 41 on February 17, 1998.

On February 17, 1998, State and Seattle City Government officials create a 12-member citizens board for the Elevated Transportation Company (ETC), a public development authority company created by Ini...

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Marie Svoboda closes her Seattle yoga studio on February 28, 1998.

On February 28, 1998, Marie Svoboda (1920-2012), Seattle's pioneering grande dame of yoga, closes her Queen Anne yoga studio after teaching roughly 15 classes per week there for 30 years. The narrow, ...

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Filming of movie Practical Magic begins on Whidbey Island on April 6, 1998.

On April 6, 1998, Hollywood arrives in Washington as filming for the movie Practical Magic begins on Whidbey Island. The Warner Bros. production calls for shooting on both Whidbey Island and San Juan ...

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Taste Washington annual wine and food event debuts on April 19, 1998.

On April 19, 1998, the first Taste Washington, a celebration of Washington state wine and food organized by the Washington Wine Commission, is held at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. The inaugural f...

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About 200 WSU students and others riot in Pullman on May 3, 1998.

On Sunday, May 3, 1998, some 200 people -- most of them Washington State University (WSU) students -- riot during the early morning hours in an area known as College Hill, just west of the WSU campus....

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United States sues Microsoft Corporation on May 18, 1998.

On May 18, 1998, after a three-year investigation, the Department of Justice and the attorneys general of 20 states (later dropped to 19) sue the Microsoft Corporation for violating the Sherman Antitr...

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USS Missouri (BB-63) departs Bremerton en route to Pearl Harbor on May 23, 1998.

On Saturday afternoon, May 23, 1998, tugboats carefully guide the USS Missouri (BB-63) away from the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, mark...

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Historic log cabin in Soap Lake is damaged by fire on June 5, 1998.

On June 5, 1998, sixteen rooms in a two-story log building at Soap Lake’s unique Notaras Lodge are gutted by fire. The massive, desiccated, old-growth logs used to build the lodge fuel the fire....

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Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway is renamed Tacoma Rail on June 12, 1998.

On June 12, 1998, the Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway becomes Tacoma Rail, a division of Tacoma Public Utilities. The renaming applies to the electrical and water utilities as well and drops the go...

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