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Train arrives in Seattle over new transcontinental tracks on January 7, 1893.

One murder suspect is lynched at Whitman County Jail, but another fakes death and avoids the noose on January 7, 1898.

Horse-drawn vehicles number 2,745, or all vehicles counted in Seattle on January 7, 1904.

City of Seattle annexes the Town of Southeast Seattle on January 7, 1907.

New Pantages Theatre in Tacoma opens on January 7, 1918.

Flying Tiger cargo plane crashes at the base of Squak Mountain south of Issaquah, killing seven, on January 7, 1953.

Tacoma Local 23 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union is chartered on January 7, 1958.

Paying bills by computer is just around the corner on January 7, 1968.

Amphetamines constitute largest drug problem in Seattle's University District as of January 7, 1968.

First elected board members for Seattle Monorail Project are sworn into office on January 7, 2004.

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Miss Columbia is declared Queen of the Carnival at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle on August 19, 1909.

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle celebrates Elks Day, Port Townsend Day, W.C.T.U. Day, and Baker City Day on July 28, 1909.

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