On March 8, 1970, the new Skyway Library, in the suburbs south of Seattle, is dedicated. The new 5,200-square-foot building at 7612 S 126th Street replaces a tiny library from 1954 that was less than ...
On March 12, 1970, 200 Seattle and King County Police Officers occupy buildings at the University of Washington after demonstrations over several days by the Black Student Union and the Seattle Libera...
At 2:30 a.m. on March 20, 1970, an arsonist sets a fire that sweeps up two stairways of the five-story wooden Ozark Hotel at Westlake Avenue and Lenora Street in Seattle. Fourteen men and six women di...
On March 25, 1970, Dr. Robert Flennaugh (b. 1938) becomes the first African American to serve on the University of Washington Board of Regents when Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans (b. 1925) appoin...
On March 26, 1970, The Seattle Public Library institutes its first fine-free day and borrowers return nearly 9,000 overdue books.
On April 3, 1970, Chicago Seven defendant Tom Hayden (1939-2016) addresses approximately 2,000 persons at the University of Washington. Hayden was a co-founder of the radical Students for a Democratic...
On Sunday, April 5, 1970, the Federal Way 320th Library is opened and dedicated. The new 10,000-square-foot library at 848 S 320th Street replaces a small library that has been located since 1956 in t...
On April 16, 1970, a federal grand jury indicts Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) leaders for conspiracy to riot in planning a February 17, 1970, demonstration in Seattle. Charges are filed against Micha...
On April 17, 1970, American painter Charles "Chuck" Close (1940-2021) exhibits his breakthrough painting Big Self-Portrait (1967-1968) publicly for the first time. The huge self-portrait, a painted en...
On April 18, 1970, a local production of the "American tribal love rock musical" Hair debuts at the specially refurbished Moore Theater. The counter-culture play, which had set records on Broadway, me...
On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day, a nationwide program to spend one day considering issues of environmental protection, is observed in Seattle with teach-ins at the University of Washington and ...
On April 22, 1970, Senator Henry M. Jackson (1912-1983) is cheered and heckled during speeches about the environment at the University of Washington and Washington State University on the first Earth ...