On November 16, 1991, the City of Seattle dedicates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park at S Waller Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Rainier Valley. The park features a fountain and sculp...
On December 5, 1991, the Seattle Art Museum opens downtown at 1st Avenue and University Street. The $64 million structure has 155,000 square feet, four times the space of the old museum at Volunteer P...
On January 23, 1992, a group of local investors led by a Japanese billionaire announces plans to buy the Seattle Mariners, which would thwart a plan to move the team to Florida. Calling itself the Bas...
On January 23, 1992, former Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors head coach George Karl is hired to be the SuperSonics head coach. Karl's hiring comes on the heels of the club firing K. C. Jo...
On February 1, 1992, a group of skinheads and white supremacists with ties to the Aryan Nations discuss a plan to firebomb the Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane and carry out assassinations. An FBI inform...
On February 1, 1992, a dedication ceremony is held for what is then the largest library in the King County Library System (KCLS), at 25,000 square feet. The new library, located at 34200 1st Way S in ...
On February 13, 1992, seven environmental groups file a lawsuit seeking to block a U.S. Forest Service plan to log 123 million board feet of timber annually in the Colville National Forest. This is a ...
In March 1992, the Washington State Legislature orders the Air Transportation Commission (AIRTRAC) to study air -transportation issues facing the state, and imposes a moratorium on new runway developm...
On March 1, 1992, U.S. Senator Brock Adams ends his bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate. The announcement follows publication of a Seattle Times article alleging that he sexually harassed and moles...
On March 9, 1992, consultants hired by the Washington State Transportation Commission hold a public meeting on Vashon Island to discuss transportation issues across and around Puget Sound. One proposa...
On March 23-29, 1992, Seattle activists Larry Gossett (b. 1945), Roberto Maestas (1938-2010), Robert "Bob" Santos (1934-2016), and Bernie Whitebear (1937-2000), known as the Gang of Four, join Childre...
On April 7, 1992, Robert Schenkkan's (b. 1953) epic drama, The Kentucky Cycle, is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Seattle's Intiman Theatre mounted the play's world premiere production, directed...