On May 28, 1970, seven Seattle residents file suit in Federal Court to stop the construction of Interstate 90 through the Mount Baker neighborhood. The suit (Lathan v. Volpe) alleges that the U.S. Dep...
On June 1, 1970, Seattle's unemployment rate is at 10 percent compared to a national average of 4.5 percent. The joblessness is the result of massive reductions at the Boeing Co. during 1969-1970. Une...
On June 13, 1970, Senator Henry M. Jackson (1912-1983) dedicates a new building for the Walla Walla Public Library. Established in 1897, the library moved into its first building, built with funds fr...
On June 22, 1970, the University of Washington Daily eliminates Female and Male Sections from Help Wanted Classified Ads. This is one of the first papers in the nation to establish this policy.
On June 30, 1970, the U.S. Navy deactivates the Naval Air Station at Sand Point in Seattle. The aviation facilities are to become surplus, with some land possibly to be transferred to the City of Seat...
On July 7, 1970, the exhibition Japanese American Pride and Shame opens at MOHAI (Seattle's Museum of History &Industry). This pathbreaking exhibit includes photographs and artifacts that tell "a ...
On July 7, 1970, after a two-week investigation, police raid Volunteer Park, located on 4th Avenue in Pasco. Officers arrest about 20 people. The next evening, while police are patrolling the park, yo...
On July 14, 1970, Seattle restaurateurs Julia and Francois Kissel hold a dinner party and parade in Pioneer Square to celebrate Bastille Day, France’s national holiday, a celebration that will c...
On July 20, 1970, Japanese journalist Kazuo Ito (1924-2001) begins a weeklong visit to the Pacific Northwest for a series of book-publication parties hosted by Japanese Americans in five Northwest cit...
On the afternoon of July 26, 1970, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) headlines a concert at Seattle's venerable outdoor ballpark, Sicks' Stadium. The all-day festival is billed as a "Concert on the Ground," bu...
On July 28, 1970, Mayor Wes Uhlman (b. 1935) tells the U.S. Senate Permanent Committee on Investigations that for the past 16 months, "Seattle has the dubious distinction" of the highest number of bom...
On the consecutive nights of July 28 and 29, 1970, the cutting-edge device officially marketed as the "Buchla 100 Modular Electronic Music System" debuts in Seattle at a demonstration event promoted a...