On May 13, 1985, 60 longshoremen begin unloading 481 containers from the Sea-Land ship Endurance as the giant shipping line begins operating from Port of Tacoma. In just six hours longshoremen empty t...
The ghost town of Lester was founded in 1891 as a railroad stop on the western side of Stampede Pass. It eventually grew into a small but prosperous railroad and logging town in the early twentieth ce...
On July 4, 1985, a giant fireworks shell misfires as it is launched at the conclusion of Everett's Fourth of July fireworks display on Jetty Island, located in Everett Harbor just off the city's water...
On August 30, 1985, The Royal Esquire Club, a private African American men's club, sells its clubhouse to Seattle Public Schools for 150,000. The sale is made to make way for the Bailey Gatzert Elemen...
On September 10, 1985, the Sankai Juku dance company from Japan performs in Seattle's Pioneer Square, with the dancers hanging upside down from a building as a metaphor for life and death. Soon after ...
On October 1, 1985, the Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway becomes a tariffed common carrier as its freight switching rates take effect with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Since 1924, the line ne...
On October 5, 1985, the 1983 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from Hogue Cellars in Prosser wins Best in Show at the Atlanta International Wine Festival. The award is a stunning achievement for winery owner...
On November 5, 1985, voters re-elect Charles Royer (b. 1939) as mayor of the City of Seattle.
On November 5, 1985, King County voters approve $31.5 million in bonds for the Woodland Park Zoo and a property tax levy to continue coordinated Medic One service.
On November 6, 1985, astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar (b. 1949) -- the first woman from Washington state to become an astronaut -- completes her first mission in space, when the shuttle Challenger lands at ...
On November 7, 1985, the Seattle Park Board votes unanimously against giving dogs a place to run free in Magnuson Park on Sand Point, angering dog owners. The Board cites bad behavior by some unleashe...
On November 18, 1985, Group Health Cooperative member Joe Gardiner (1939-1991), of Bothell, receives a new heart in the Northwest's first heart transplant. A team of University of Washington physicia...