City history timeline
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seattle , Washington , USA.
Before the 19th century
19th century
20th century
1900s–1940s
1950s–1990s
1950
Seattle Chinese Golf Club formed.[ 27]
Population: 467,591.[ 37]
1957 – Sister city relationship established with Kobe , Japan.[ 38]
1959 – City joins Puget Sound Governmental Conference .[ 39]
1960 – Population: 557,087.[ 40]
1961
1962
1963
1964 - August 21: The Beatles perform at the Seattle Center Coliseum ; they would do so once more just over two years later.
1965
1967
1969
Little Bread Co. and Brasserie Pittsbourg in business.[ 45]
Seafirst Building constructed. It becomes Seattle's tallest building for 16 years.
1970 – Seattle Marathon , and negative income tax program begin.
1971
1972
1973 – Sister city relationship established with Tashkent , Uzbekistan.[ 38]
1974 – Seattle Seahawks franchise established, would begin play in 1976.[ 48]
1975 – World's first "commercial software for personal computers" invented in Seattle.[ 49]
1976 – Daybreak Star Cultural Center opens.
1977
1978 – Central Co-op established.[ 52]
1979
1980
1981 – Sister city relationships established with Christchurch , New Zealand; and Mombasa , Kenya.[ 38]
1982 – Market Park landscaped.
1983 – Sister city relationship established with Chongqing , China.[ 38]
1984
1985
1986 – Sister city relationships established with Galway , Ireland; and Reykjavík , Iceland.[ 38]
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992 – Sister city relationship established with Pécs , Hungary; and Surabaya , Indonesia.[ 38]
1993
1994
1996 – Sister city relationship established with Haiphong , Vietnam.[ 38]
1997
1998 – Paul Schell becomes mayor.
1999
2000
21st century
2001
2002 - July 28: The first sporting event at Seahawks Stadium , a Seattle Sounders soccer match, is held
2004
2006
2007 - December 12: South Lake Union Streetcar line opened.[ 64]
2008
2009
2010
2011
Seattle Shorts Film Fest begins.[ 72]
Citizen University headquartered in city.[ 73]
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2020
2023 - February 21: Seattle became the first city in the United States to ban discrimination based on caste .[ 82]
See also
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External links
Images
Seattle, circa 1870
Seattle, 1908
Atlantic Squadron parade, 1908
Map of Seattle and port, 1918
Reinstallation of Pioneer Square totem pole, 1940
Solstice Parade, 2013
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