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Today in Washington History

Trial of five Cayuse accused of Whitman murder begins on May 21, 1850.

City of Hoquiam is incorporated on May 21, 1890.

Japanese Language School opens in Tacoma on May 21, 1912.

Robert Murray becomes superintendent of Seattle City Light on May 21, 1979.

Washington renames Tacoma's Eleventh Street Bridge as Murray Morgan Bridge on May 21, 1997.

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Bickford, Bruce (b. 1947)

Early edit of Bruce Bickford's epic animated film Prometheus' Garden debuts in Seattle on September 5, 1983.

Bartell, George David (b. 1951)

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