Today in Washington State History From www.historylink.org http://www.historylink.org Woman suffrage is declared unconstitutional in <i>Harland v. Washington</i> on February 3, 1887. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=464 Heavy snow and extreme cold freeze Western Washington on February 3, 1893. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2665 Skinner & Eddy Shipyard begins ship construction in Seattle on February 3, 1916. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=749 Amelia Earhart speaks at Seattle's Civic Auditorium under sponsorship of the Woman's Century Club on February 3, 1933. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=10018 Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower reports for Fort Lewis duty on February 3, 1940. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8930 Dynamite blast begins construction of Howard A. Hanson Dam on February 3, 1959. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3550 Interstate 5 is completed from Everett to Seattle on February 3, 1965. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8548 Seattle City Council creates Department of Community Development, General Services Department, and Personnel Office on February 3, 1969. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1178 Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping (or Deng Xiaoping) arrives in Seattle for a two-day visit on February 3, 1979. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8588 Jefferson County resolution officially establishes Egg and I Road in Center on February 3, 1981. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8273