Today in Washington State History From www.historylink.org http://www.historylink.org Train arrives in Seattle over new transcontinental tracks on January 7, 1893. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1323 One murder suspect is lynched at Whitman County Jail, but another fakes death and avoids the noose on January 7, 1898. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7893 Horse-drawn vehicles number 2,745, or all vehicles counted in Seattle on January 7, 1904. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1636 City of Seattle annexes the Town of Southeast Seattle on January 7, 1907. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3314 New Pantages Theatre in Tacoma opens on January 7, 1918. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5182 Flying Tiger cargo plane crashes at the base of Squak Mountain south of Issaquah, killing seven, on January 7, 1953. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8122 Tacoma Local 23 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union is chartered on January 7, 1958. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8746 Paying bills by computer is just around the corner on January 7, 1968. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3303 Amphetamines constitute largest drug problem in Seattle's University District as of January 7, 1968. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3306 First elected board members for Seattle Monorail Project are sworn into office on January 7, 2004. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7371