On January 7, 1976, property owned by the Picardo family at 8040 25th Avenue NE in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood is conveyed to the city by Orazio "Rainie" Picardo (1905-1985) via a quitclaim deed. ...
On February 14, 1976, the City of Seattle, King County, and the State of Washington conditionally settle their joint lawsuit against the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. The settlement ...
In March 1976, Group Health Cooperative's Board of Trustees approves a "Well Adult" program. The program designed by Dr. Robert "Tommy" Thompson follows a "Well Child" program instituted a year earli...
On March 27, 1976, the King County Multipurpose Domed Stadium, otherwise known as the Kingdome, opens to a crowd of 54,000 celebrants. The Kingdome is located in SoDo, south of downtown Seattle. The o...
On March 31, 1976, The Weekly of Metropolitan Seattle (later The Seattle Weekly) begins publication as an "independent journal of current affairs" (The Weekly). The tabloid joins two other weekly alte...
On April 9, 1976, Seattle's Kingdome hosts its first sporting event, an exhibition match between the North American Soccer League's Seattle Sounders and the New York Cosmos led by Brazilian superstar ...
On April 11, 1976, King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden reads the official proclamation establishing the Ballard Avenue Historical District in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.
In May 1976, 18-year-old Lenne Jo Hallgren of Clarkston is named winner of the 1976 America's Junior Miss title. Monday May 17 is declared Lenne Day, a Clarkston city and Asotin County holiday, with p...
On May 3, 1976, Father William J. Sullivan, SJ (1930-2015) is installed as the 20th president of Seattle University, the Northwest's largest Jesuit institution of higher learning and one of the region...
On May 14, 1976, the first Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) opens at the historic Moore Egyptian Theatre at 2nd Avenue and Virginia Street. The festival's founders, Dan Ireland (d. 2016) and...
On May 19, 1976, Ivar Haglund (1905-1985), the restaurateur famed for his escapades, folk singing, storytelling, and waterfront restaurant, buys Seattle's Smith Tower for $1.8 million. He buys it beca...
On June 4, 1976, with the loading of its vessel Great Land in Tacoma, Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) signals a move of its operations from the Port of Seattle to the Port of Tacoma in order to kee...