On December 15, 1998, after a decade of planning and a year of construction, Sammamish's first library opens. Part of the King County Library System (KCLS), it is located at 825 228th Avenue NE in the...
On January 11, 1999, state representatives elect both Republican Clyde Ballard and Democrat Frank Chopp to be Speaker of the House of Representatives. The designation of two co-Speakers, instead of th...
On January 15, 1999, the HistoryLink.org website is launched. HistoryLink.org is a free, evolving online encyclopedia of Seattle and King County history, which will soon expand to cover the entire sta...
In December 1999, Comite Pro-Amnistia General Y Justicia Social is organized as a grassroots organization in Seattle to draw attention to the plight of immigrant laborers in Western Washington. The gr...
In 1999, science-fiction writer Octavia Butler (1947-2006) moves to Seattle. Butler, one of the few African American women to achieve significant success as a science-fiction writer, has already had a...
On March 16, 1999, the Department of the Interior lists nine salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest as endangered species. They join 15 other population groups of salmon already so listed. The listing c...
On March 17, 1999, the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBA) approves a mission statement for Built Green, a residential building program designed to help home buyers and ow...
On March 17, 1999, Seattle's Town Hall is launched with a free celebration of "Seattle's Favorite Poems," hosted by Robert Pinsky (b. 1940), poet laureate of the United States. As a warm-up for the ev...
On March 26, 1999, Microsoft Corporation stock splits for the eighth time since the stock became available to the public on March 13, 1986.
On February 4, 1999, senior partners of Bogle & Gates vote to dissolve the 108-year-old law firm effective March 31. The decision is precipitated by the defection of eight key lawyers to the Minne...
On April 16, 1999, Washington Governor Gary Locke signs into law SB 5734, which sets forth April 16 as Mother Joseph Day and September 4 as Marcus Whitman Day. These days (which are not legal holidays...
On April 19, 1999, Seattle's Space Needle officially becomes a city historic landmark, perpetuating the legacy of the Seattle Center as a distinctive local institution.