On March 22, 1995, Group Health nurses, organized by 1199 Northwest, engage in a one-day walkout. Group Health management responds by informing the nurses they are not to report to work for a week, w...
On April 28, 1995, John W. Marshall and Christine Deavel open a bookstore in Seattle devoted exclusively to poetry and poetry-related titles. Open Books: A Poem Emporium is one of two such bookstores ...
In May 1995, scientists from Seattle's Hope Heart Institute publish the results of studies proving that so-called "healing cells" found on the inside walls of artificial arteries come from the bloodst...
On July 12, 1995, The Seattle Times reports that agreement is near between the Muckleshoot Tribe and the City of Seattle in which the tribe agrees to give up its claim to the 151-acre surplussed naval...
In July 1995, Group Health Cooperative launches an automated appointment, registration, and patient accounting system. The system solves the daunting problem of serving hundreds of thousands of consum...
On July 21, 1995, opponents of a controversial law that would restrict land-use regulation and require government to pay for reduced property values caused by some regulations submit more than 230,000...
On July 21, 1995, some 400 artists, students, faculty, staff, friends, and family converge at the Pilchuck Glass School outside Stanwood in Snohomish County to celebrate a school milestone: 25 years o...
On August 10, 1995 a funeral and memorial service is held for State Senator Calvin "Cal" Anderson (1948-1995). Anderson, Washington's first openly gay state legislator, died on August 4 from an AIDS-r...
On August 13, 1995, two National Park Service workers, including a park ranger, are killed on Mount Rainier while attempting to rescue an injured climber on upper Emmons Glacier. It is the first time ...
On August 31, 1995, Shoreline officially incorporates as a city. Residents of unincorporated King County between Seattle and On August 31, 1995, Shoreline officially incorporates as a city. Residents ...
On September 1, 1995, John Stanford (1938-1998), a retired Army Major General, becomes superintendent of Seattle Public Schools. Stanford immediately proposes changes to the way the school system serv...
On September 19, 1995, Seattle voters reject by a 47 to 53 percent margin a $111 million property-tax levy that would have funded the development and construction of the Seattle Commons. Designed as a...
On September 19, 1995, King County voters reject subsidy taxes to build a new stadium for the Seattle Mariners Baseball Club. The promise of a new stadium is a bid to keep the Mariners from being sold...
On September 28, 1995, in a 6 p.m. ceremony, the U.S. Navy bids farewell to its Sand Point base. The base is to become surplus federal property and transferred to the City of Seattle, which plans to a...
On October 2, 1995, the Seattle Mariners win the American League Western Division Championship with a record of 79 wins against 66 losses. In the American League Division Series, they best the New Yor...
On October 8, 1995, the Seattle Mariners win the first playoff series in their history, coming from behind in the 11th inning to beat the New York Yankees 6-5. Ken Griffey Jr. (b. 1969) scores the win...
On October 24, 1995, Norway's King Harald V (b. 1937) and Queen Sonja (b. 1937) arrive at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to begin a four-day visit that will include events in Olympia, Seattle, P...
On November 7, 1995, Washington voters overwhelmingly defeat three high-profile ballot measures that would have allowed unrestricted casino-style gambling on Indian reservations, banned most gillnet a...
On November 30, 1995, Puget Mill Company's Port Gamble sawmill, the oldest continuously operating sawmill in the U.S., closes permanently. The mill sawed its first log in September 1853. The mill mach...
On December 31, 1995, secondary treatment of sewage from Seattle and King County is underway at West Point after years of controversy and $573 million in construction costs. West Point extends into Pu...
In February 1996, the Seattle chapter of the Raging Grannies makes its debut by singing in the rain at a Washington State Labor Council Rally. They are, according to M. L. Lyke of the Seattle Post-Int...
On February 1, 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Port of Seattle formally issue a seven-volume, 5,500-page Final Environmental Impact Statement for planned Seattle-Tacoma Internation...
On Friday, February 2, 1996, Barry Loukaitis, an eighth grader at Frontier Junior High School in Moses Lake, Washington, arms himself with a rifle and two handguns, walks into his fifth-period Algebra...
On February 7, 1996, Asotin County is struck by some of the worst flooding in its history, from overflow of Asotin Creek and from the Grande Ronde River. No lives are lost, but property damage runs i...