On June 30, 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Initiative 350, a 1978 voter-approved measure banning mandatory busing for desegregation, is unconstitutional. The ruling represents a victory for t...
In July 1982, Mayor Charles Royer withdraws Seattle from planning for nuclear war. Royer calls Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) plans to evacuate the population of Seattle to east of the Cas...
On July 15, 1982 two teenage boys, who live in nearby Kent, spot a body in the Green River floating against the Meeker Street Bridge. The body is recovered and the cause of death is determined to be m...
On August 11, 1982, a new and exciting type of beer has its official debut at Jake O'Shaughnessy's, a popular Seattle restaurant and bar. It will prove to be a pivotal event, helping to launch a craft...
On August 12, 1982, Frank Linard discovers the body of a woman floating in the Green River, yards from the Kent slaughterhouse where he works. The remains are identified as those of Debra Lynn Bonner,...
On August 26, 1982, President Ronald Reagan signs into law the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Act. Along with several cosponsors, U.S. Representative Don Bonker, a Democrat who repre...
On the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, September 4, 1982, the Seattle Symphony performs at the dedication of Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Park in Kent, in south King County. The design for the park -- ...
On September 7, 1982, the King County Council adopts the Conservation Futures Tax to fund the county's Farmland Preservation Program. Proceeds from the Conservation Futures property tax can be used to...
From September 24 to October 2, 1982, civic activists try to stimulate a dialogue on doomsday with "Target Seattle," a week-long symposium on the dangers of nuclear war, in what Mayor Charles Royer ca...
At 10:14 in the morning of October 22, 1982, the fish-processing ship Al-Ind-Esk-A Sea, which is on fire at its anchorage less than a mile off the Port of Everett, sinks 200 feet or more into Port Gar...
On November 2, 1982, Democratic Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (1912-1983) wins re-election to his sixth term as a U.S. Senator and Democrats regain the majority in the state legislature. Initiatives fail t...
On November 2, 1982, King County voters defeat the PRO/Parks bond issue at the polls. The bond asked for $188 million for city and county park acquisitions and improvements. It was thought to have the...