On February 1, 1993, the King County Library System (KCLS) opens a 15,000-square-foot library at 17105 Avondale Road NE in Woodinville in northeast King County. Although it isn't Woodinville's first l...
On February 28, 1993, the city of Burien incorporates. Residents had voted two to one in favor of incorporation on March 10, 1992. Burien becomes Washington's 22nd-largest city, behind Lynnwood, but ...
In March 1993, the Muckleshoot Indian tribe puts forth a plan for it to control the 151-acre surplussed naval property at Sand Point near Warren G. Magnuson Park.
On March 27, 1993, residents of Woodinville celebrate their incorporation as a city. The vote to incorporate, which occurred on May 19, 1992, was the third effort at incorporation in 11 years and aff...
On April 1, 1993, the Covington Library opens at 27100 164th Avenue SE in the city of Covington. One of the busiest libraries in the King County Library System, it will be expanded in 2008 by more tha...
On April 29, 1993, the Puget Sound Regional Council's General Assembly adopts Resolution A-93-03 amending the 1988 Regional Airport System Plan on the basis of a three-year Flight Plan study concluded...
On May 1, 1993, Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the United States, opens its first store in Washington in Omak (population 4,120). The 93,188-square-foot retail center on State Route 97 overlooking ...
On May 7, 1993, chimpanzee Washoe (1965-2007) and her family members, Loulis, Moja, Dar, and Tatu, move into the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute, their newly constructed home at Central W...
The Seattle Times reports on May 25, 1993, that pioneering computer-game company Sierra On-Line, Inc., owned and operated by Roberta (b. 1953) and Kenneth (b. 1954) Williams, will soon move its corpor...
On May 29, 1993, a farmers market opens in Seattle's University District neighborhood at the University Heights Community Center at the corner of NE 50th and University Way NE. The University District...
On July 1, 1993, the Bellevue Library moves into its new building in downtown Bellevue. This is the library's eighth home since it was originally formed by the Bellevue Women's Club in 1925. In 1967, ...
In August 1993, the Samoan residents of Seattle come together at the Jefferson Park Playfield for its first "Aso Mo Samoa" or Samoan Community Day. The day-long event celebrates Samoan cultural herita...
In August of 1993, a small group of women started a lesbian cancer support group to fill a void in health care by providing a supportive environment specifically designed to meet the special needs of ...
On Saturday, August 21, 1993, Borracchini's Bakery & Mediterranean Market in Seattle bakes, decorates, and sells a record 125 wedding cakes, enough, owner Remo Borracchini estimates, to serve 13,7...
On Labor Day, September 6, 1993, art-warfare guerrillas attach a 700-pound ball-and-chain to Hammering Man, the 48-foot-tall metal sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky that stands in front of the Seattle Ar...
On September 16, 1993, the first Salmon Homecoming Celebration is held on the Seattle waterfront. The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission and the Seattle Aquarium, with the support of local tribes, ...
On September 17, 1993, the newly formed Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (RTA) board meets for the first time. The board consists of elected officials from King, Pierce, and Snohomish co...
On September 20, 1993, Seattle Children's Theatre debuts its new home, located just west of the Pacific Science Center on the grounds of Seattle Center. The new building includes the 482-seat Charlott...
Nearly seven years in the making, the Iron Goat Trail officially opens to hikers on October 2, 1993, at the Martin Creek Trailhead, located in King County off U.S. 2 about six miles east of Skykomish....
On Friday evening, October 15, 1993, the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) holds a grand opening for a photo exhibit celebrating the life work of Al Smith. Titled Jazz on the Spot: Photographs by A...
On November 2, 1993, Washington voters overwhelmingly approve the state's first "three-strikes" law and narrowly approve state spending limits while rejecting a tax rollback measure. King County vote...
On November 7, 1993, Group Health Cooperative and Virginia Mason Medical Center announce a "strategic alliance" between their two organizations. The move follows the passage of Washington's Health Ser...
On November 15, 1993, Kenneth F. Bunting (1948-2014) becomes managing editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He is the first African American to run a newsroom at any of Washingtonâ€&tra...
On November 20, 1993, President William J. Clinton convenes a "summit" with 13 leaders of Pacific Rim nations attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, or APEC, in Seattle. The histo...