On March 17, 1999, the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBA) approves a mission statement for Built Green, a residential building program designed to help home buyers and ow...
On March 17, 1999, Seattle's Town Hall is launched with a free celebration of "Seattle's Favorite Poems," hosted by Robert Pinsky (b. 1940), poet laureate of the United States. As a warm-up for the ev...
On March 26, 1999, Microsoft Corporation stock splits for the eighth time since the stock became available to the public on March 13, 1986.
On February 4, 1999, senior partners of Bogle & Gates vote to dissolve the 108-year-old law firm effective March 31. The decision is precipitated by the defection of eight key lawyers to the Minne...
On April 16, 1999, Washington Governor Gary Locke signs into law SB 5734, which sets forth April 16 as Mother Joseph Day and September 4 as Marcus Whitman Day. These days (which are not legal holidays...
On April 19, 1999, Seattle's Space Needle officially becomes a city historic landmark, perpetuating the legacy of the Seattle Center as a distinctive local institution.
On May 17, 1999, for the first time in more than 70 years, Makah whalers successfully hunt a gray whale in the waters off the Olympic Peninsula, where their ancestors hunted whales for thousands of ye...
On May 28, 1999, King County officials formally dedicate Cottage Lake Park. The 22-acre park on the north shore of Cottage Lake is located on the site near Woodinville where for many years Norm and Ge...
On June 7, 1999, the Forests and Fish Agreement between private timberland owners, tribes, and state and federal government agencies results in the state Salmon Recovery Plan which is signed into law....
On Thursday afternoon, June 10, 1999, a 16-inch fuel line owned by the Olympic Pipe Line Company ruptures in Bellingham, spilling 277,200 gallons of gasoline into Hanna and Whatcom creeks. The volatil...
On June 22, 1999, Seattle Rape Relief, the oldest rape crisis center in the United States, announces that it will close.
On July 15, 1999, Safeco Field -- a long-sought, baseball-only stadium with a retractable roof -- opens to critical acclaim and some public resentment. The new half-billion dollar home of the Seattle ...