On September 28, 1983, the Group Health Board of Trustees incorporates the Foundation of Group Health Cooperative. The foundation is established to generate funds for research and special programs and...
On September 30, 1983, Mill Creek incorporates. After a failed attempt at development in the late 1960s, the community blooms during the latter half of the 1970s as a planned, country-club community. ...
In October 1983, Seattle SuperSonics owner Sam Schulman agrees to sell Seattle’s NBA (National Basketball Association) franchise to Barry Ackerley, a billboard magnate originally from Des Moines...
On October 12, 1983, the Orion Multi-Service Center opens in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. A safe haven for homeless youth, the center occupies 6,800 square feet in a converted clothing warehouse a...
On November 8, 1983, Seattle restaurateur and celebrity Ivar Haglund (1905-1985) is unintentionally elected to a six-year term on the Seattle Port Commission, after he files to run as a publicity gag.
On November 8, 1983, former Governor Daniel J. Evans (b. 1925) wins a special election to complete the term of Senator Henry M. Jackson (1912-1983), who died two months earlier. Evans defeats Democrat...
On December 13, 1983, Pacific Northwest Ballet premieres a new production of Nutcracker. The ballet is choreographed by Pacific Northwest Ballet artistic director Kent Stowell (b. 1939) with sets and ...
On January 15, 1984, hundreds of singing and chanting people walk from Seattle's Mount Zion Baptist Church to the intersection of E Cherry Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way. For the diverse crowd,...
On January 26, 1984, the Love Israel Family, Washington's largest and best-known countercultural commune, gives up all its Seattle properties in an out-of-court settlement. Founded on Queen Anne Hill ...
In March 1984 the charter members of the Washington State Software Industry Development Board gather to conduct their initial organizational meeting. The meeting takes place at the Seattle offices of ...
On March 5, 1984, the Seattle City Council passes Ordinance 111571, in reparation to municipal employees fired during World War II because of their Japanese ancestry. The ordinance is introduced by Co...
On March 27, 1984, a man being evicted from an apartment fatally stabs King County Sheriff's Detective Michael L. Raburn.
On April 2, 1984, diplomats from the United States and Canada sign the Skagit River Treaty, which terminates plans to build Ross Dam higher and thus allow the water level to rise. Present in Washingto...
On April 8, 1984, Jodo Shinshu Buddhists from across the Pacific Northwest gather at the Sherwood Inn in South Tacoma to honor Reverend Sunya Pratt (1898-1986) for the 50 years she has served as teach...
On May 10, 1984, John Croce (1924-2015) is one of 11 small-business owners chosen by Seattle Mayor Charles Royer (b. 1939) to receive the city's first Small Business Awards, inaugurated that year. Cro...
On June 7, 1984, the New England Journal of Medicine publishes a Rand Corporation report finding that Group Health Cooperative delivers equal care for much less money. The report publishes the initia...
On June 26, 1984, The Seattle Times reports that the teen crowd has shifted its scene east from Carkeek Park in Northwest Seattle to Magnuson Park on Sand Point. Magnuson Park overlooking Lake Washing...
On June 27, 1984, after an international search, the Seattle Symphony announces the hiring of the stellar new principal conductor Gerard Schwarz (b. 1947). The city continues mourning the recent death...
On July 14, 1984, the West Seattle Bridge is dedicated. This six-lane cantilevered concrete structure is more than 150 feet high and cost $150 million to build. The bridge spans Harbor Island and the ...
On July 25, 1984, Seattle Post-Intelligencer wine columnist Richard Kinssies writes about the newest releases from Columbia Winery. Among them are three 1981 Cabernet Sauvignons, the first W...
On August 17, 1984, Seattle's formerly under-publicized hip-hop culture takes a big step towards wider acknowledgment with an event at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall (120 Mercer Way), which garner...
On September 24, 1984, Randy Hardy becomes superintendent of Seattle City Light when his nomination by Mayor Charles Royer is confirmed by the City Council. Hardy will lead the department -- the natio...
On September 24, 1984, four million used tires -- stored for recycling in Everett -- begin burning. Although fire officials expect to extinguish the blaze by day's end, it is too difficult to contain,...
On November 6, 1984, Washington voters support Republican Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) for president. They reject incumbent Republican Governor John Spellman (1926-2018) in favor of Democrat Booth Gardne...