Today in Washington State History From www.historylink.org http://www.historylink.org Lewis and Clark prematurely celebrate their arrival at the Pacific Ocean on November 7, 1805. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5360 Town of Walla Walla is named on November 7, 1859. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8478 Two Snohomish Indians kill the Casto family in Squak Valley on November 7, 1864. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=4182 Musicians in Seattle organize a union on November 7, 1890. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1085 Grays Harbor Currency saves Aberdeen banks on November 7, 1907. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7389 Washington voters choose Democrats Woodrow Wilson for president and Ernest Lister for governor on November 7, 1916. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5597 Arlington celebrates the false armistice on November 7, 1918. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8541 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses on November 7, 1940. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5048 Congressman Warren G. Magnuson wins election to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 1944. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5613 Magnuson narrowly defeats Republican Williams on November 7, 1950. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5612 Seattle voters approve City Light purchase of Puget Power assets within city limits on November 7, 1950. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2768 Seattle voters elect slate of reformers and first African American, Sam Smith, to the City Council on November 7, 1967. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1989 San Francisco Mime Troupe performs in Seattle at University of Washington on November 7, 1969. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1326 President Richard Nixon, Governor Dan Evans, and six U.S. Representatives win re-election on November 7, 1972. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7332 Seattle voters reject Initiative 13 and uphold gay and lesbian rights on November 7, 1978. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1403 Mike Lowry wins seat in U.S. House of Representatives on November 7, 1978. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3538 Magnuson Park run-free area for dogs rejected by Park Board on November 7, 1985. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2256 Rice wins election as Seattle's first African American mayor on November 7, 1989. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2234 King County voters approve Proposition 2, a bond issue for parks, on November 7, 1989. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=4088 Winslow changes its name to Bainbridge Island on November 7, 1991. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8278 Group Health Cooperative and Virginia Mason Medical Center announce a "strategic alliance" on November 7, 1993. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7416 Washington voters reject property rights, casino gambling, and other ballot measures on November 7, 1995. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7916 Washington voters narrowly oust Senator Slade Gorton in favor of Maria Cantwell, re-elect Governor Gary Locke, and prefer Al Gore to George W. Bush on November 7, 2000. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5616 Washington voters re-elect incumbents to Congress and reject property-rights and anti-estate-tax initiatives on November 7, 2006. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8038