On February 25, 1975, the Vatican names The Most Reverend Raymond G. Hunthausen (1921-2018) as the new archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle, replacing Archbishop Thomas Connolly (1899-1991), who i...
In March 1975, X-ray technicians demanding higher wages walk out in what is Group Health Cooperative's first strike. The strike is quickly settled and the technicians are back to work in 10 days, but...
On the night of March 20, 1975, a U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter, returning to McChord Air Force Base from the Philippines via Japan with 16 servicemen aboard, is flying southbound over the Olympic ...
On April 30, 1975, Saigon, capital of the Republic of Vietnam, falls to Communist troops from North Vietnam, marking the end of the Vietnam War. Active U.S. involvement in the conflict had ended in 19...
On May 13 and 14, 1975, some 2,000 students converge on the administration building at the University of Washington in the wake of the mass resignation of Chicana/o staff, faculty, and graduate studen...
On June 10, 1975, William Craven, a school janitor, becomes the state's first black mayor when the city council of this Cascade Range coal town unanimously appoints him to the vacant mayoral post. He ...
On June 18, 1975, six toll takers at the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge are arrested and accused of embezzling toll proceeds. The bridge (later more commonly known as the "520 bridge" for State Route...
On July 1, 1975, Group Health Cooperative's head of Pharmacy, Phil Nudelman, unveils the Co-OpRX computerized prescription system. This gives doctors and pharmacists instant access to patients' drug h...
On July 1, 1975, Seattle Mayor Wesley C. Uhlman (b. 1935) survives an attempt to recall him from office. At issue is Uhlman's appointment of budget director Walter Hundley (1929-2002) and his dismissa...
On July 3, 1975, jurors in United States District Court acquit state Senator August P. Mardesich (1920-2016) of charges that he extorted $10,000 from two garbage company executives and did not report ...
On Monday, September 15, 1975, Governor Daniel J. Evans and First Lady Nancy Bell Evans open their home to the press for a full tour of the restored and remodeled Washington state governor's mansion, ...
In the fall of 1975, William Gates III (b. 1955) and Paul Allen (1953-2018) form the company that grows into Microsoft.