On April 1, 1989, Seattle's KING-TV reports that the Space Needle has collapsed. It is, of course, a prank, courtesy of the comedy show Almost Live! But the prank goes awry when many fall for it, in s...
On the evening of Saturday April 29, 1989, Seattle's upstart hip-hop label, Nastymix Records, throws an over-the-top soiree at the swank and historic Four Seasons Olympic Hotel (411 University Street)...
On May 1, 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed Methow Valley ski resort is adequate. This decision, concerning a project planned for Sandy Butte, a...
On May 7, 1989, the Washington State Senate approves Senate Bill 6152 authorizing creation of a state Department of Health. Three days later, on May 10, a conforming version is approved in the House o...
On May 16, 1989, Initiative 31, the Citizens' Alternative Plan (CAP), which sets growth limits on downtown Seattle, wins at the polls. The initiative establishes density and height limits on new const...
On May 23, 1989, the Port of Seattle and Puget Sound Council of Governments (reorganized as the Puget Sound Regional Council in 1991) sign an Interagency Agreement to launch the "Flight Plan" study of...
On June 16, 1989, an anti-busing group called Save Our Schools launches a campaign to end the use of mandatory busing for desegregation in the Seattle School District, by placing a local initiative (I...
On June 17, 1989, director Steven Spielberg, along with stars Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, and John Goodman and the rest of the crew for Always begin filming at the Ephrata Municipal Airport. They ...
On June 30, 1989, San Juan Islanders and visitors flock to the first performance in the San Juan Community Theatre. It is the culmination of a years-long, grassroots undertaking to provide a properly ...
On July 21, 1989, tribal canoes participating in the Paddle to Seattle arrive at the city's Golden Gardens Park. Seventeen tribes from around Puget Sound and the Washington coast have restored or buil...
On July 28, 1989, Seattle City Council member Norman B. Rice (b. 1943) files as a candidate for mayor of Seattle in the last 20 minutes of the last day on which he can register for the position. The a...
On August 1, 1989, a monument to three nineteenth-century Japanese sailors, believed to be the first Japanese to arrive in what is now Washington state, is dedicated at the Fort Vancouver National His...