On November 6, 1990, Washington voters reject an initiative to limit growth. Republicans retain control of the state Senate and the Democratic majority in the House slips. Voters in five counties reso...
On November 16, 1990, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA - 25 U.S.C. §3001 et seq.) passes the 101st Congress. The law addresses the rights of lineal descen...
On November 16, 1990, playwright August Wilson (1945-2005) moves to Seattle. He is in the midst of composing his monumental, 10-play cycle chronicling African American life in the twentieth century, w...
On November 25, 1990, after a week of high winds and rain, the 50-year old Lacey V. Murrow Bridge (Lake Washington Floating Bridge) breaks apart and plunges into the mud beneath Lake Washington. Since...
On November 29, 1990, Seattle's pioneering hip-hop label, Nastymix Records, triumphantly hosts a party to celebrate its first five years of amazing success. In that brief period the company has emerge...
On December 17, 1990, winter storms cause more than $3 million damage to the vessels and ferry terminals operated by Washington State Ferries. This is the largest amount of storm damage endured by the...
On January 14, 1991, 2,500 anti-war protesters march in downtown Seattle against the Gulf War. Approximately two dozen persons are arrested for stopping traffic on the Interstate 5 freeway. Two days l...
On March 8, 1991, a King County Superior Court jury finds the former president of the Alaska Cannery Workers Union Local 37, Constantine "Tony" Baruso (1928-2008) of Tacoma, guilty of aggravated first...
Journalist and historian Lucile McDonald (1898-1992) is honored at the Women Making History conference in Bellevue on March 9, 1991. The State of Washington, City of Bellevue, and King County all proc...
On April 1, 1991, the Columbia Winery releases Washington's first Syrah, inaugurating a new era in the state's red wine industry. Columbia winemaker David Lake (1943-2009) uses Syrah grapes that he an...
On Monday, April 1, 1991, citizens of Seattle -- already jittery from the George H. W. Bush administration's long saber-rattling PR campaign and then its January 17th Operation Desert Storm attack aga...
On April 12, 1991, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney recommends closure of the naval base at Sand Point, once again setting off a land fight. Magnuson Park supporters aim their attention at the entire ...