In June 1990, with the No. 2 selection in the 1990 NBA Draft (highest in team history), the SuperSonics select guard Gary Payton from Oregon State. Payton finishes his career at Oregon State Universit...
On June 23, 1990, the downtown Seattle Waterfront Streetcar begins operating through Pioneer Square to a terminus at 5th Avenue and Jackson Street, across from the International District Station of th...
On June 23, 1990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. This results in old-growth ti...
On July 20, 1990, Ted Turner's Goodwill Games open in Seattle. Conceived as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promise international goodwill through world-class competition. Some 2,...
On August 4, 1990, Pista sa Nayon, an annual Filipino American celebration featuring traditional food, arts, crafts, and entertainment, is held for the first time in Seattle at the Rainier Playfield, ...
On August 6, 1990, dedication ceremonies are held for the Seattle Peace Park. Quaker peace activist Floyd Schmoe (1895-2001) conceived the park as both a monument to world peace and a way to beautify ...
On August 23, 1990, a modified Boeing 747 replaces aging 707s as the official aircraft of America's presidents. Although Air Force One is used as the call sign for any aircraft carrying the president,...
On August 29, 1990, the King County Council adopts a controversial Sensitive Areas Ordinance that regulates and limits new development in or near wetlands, streams, and steep slopes. Originally propo...
On September 5, 1990, the San Juan County Board of County Commissioners approves Ordinance No. 142-1990, creating a land bank to conserve natural areas in the county, whose small land area is scattere...
On September 6, 1990, Federal District Court Judge William Dwyer (1929-2002) rules in the case of Cunningham v. Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, 751 F.Supp. 885 (W.D. Wash. 1990) that the federat...
On September 15, 1990, Metro Transit buses begin regular service in the new downtown Seattle transit tunnel. The route is used by new "dual-mode" buses which switch from diesel to electric power upon ...
On September 28, 1990, the leaders of both houses of the state Legislature, Democratic House Speaker Joe King and Republican Senate Majority Leader Jeannette Hayner (1919-2010), sign a letter proposed...