On October 13, 1974, The Los Angeles Times announces the results of a wine competition sponsored by the newspaper in which a Riesling from Washington – Ste. Michelle Vineyards' 1972 Jo...
On October 19, 1974, the Lesbian Mothers National Defense Fund holds its first benefit fundraiser at the Crescent Tavern, a lesbian bar, located in Seattle at 1413 E Olive Way. This is one of the firs...
On November 5, 1974, Seattle voters side with neighborhood activists and local elected officials in rejecting continued use of Sand Point (later Magnuson Park) as an airport for light aircraft. The vo...
On November 5, 1974, Senator Warren G. Magnuson (1905-1989) wins his sixth and last Senate term by defeating State Senator (and future U.S. Representative) Jack Metcalf (1927-2007), whom Magnuson also...
On December 5, 1974, National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle awarded the "Seattle Professional Football" consortium, led by Lloyd W. Nordstrom, a franchise to organize the future Seattle Se...
On December 10, 1974, the seven acres of gardens at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard are named in honor of Carl S. English Jr. (1904-1976), an Army Corps of Engineers botanist who has helped t...
On January 17, 1975, arts advocate and critic Maxine Cushing Gray (1909-1987) publishes the first issue of Northwest Arts, a bi-weekly journal devoted to arts news and opinion. Northwest Arts is avail...
On January 24, 1975, former Washington State Representative Marjorie Lynch (1920-1977) is sworn in as Deputy Administrator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Lynch's nomination to...
On February 6, 1975, the Seattle Master Builders Association kicks off its Home Owners Warranty program (HOW) with a celebratory dinner at Seattle's Moose Club. By the time the plates have been cleare...
On February 15, 1975, the initial phase of the Lower Granite Dam is completed and water is allowed to begin filling Lower Granite Lake above the dam. The dam is the final dam of a series of four dams ...
On February 20, 1975, Lancaster House near Ridgefield in Clark County is accepted for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It was built in the early 1850s by Judge Columbia Lanc...
On February 22, 1975, over objections from neighbors, Seattle officials approve the siting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Western headquarters at Sand Point near the f...