Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Turning the Page

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1863	Seattle's First Paper is Published: The Gazette	Steilacoom and Port Townsend already have newspapers, but Seattle doesn%u2019t. So Henry Yesler decides to do something about it. He offers space, food and lodging for James Watson to publish the city%u2019s first paper, The Gazette. Photo: Henry and Sarah Yesler (no date). Courtesy of MOAHI.
01/01/1867	The Gazette is renamed the Seattle Intelligencer
01/01/1881	The Intelligencer purchases the Post, initiating the joint name
01/01/1886	The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Changes Hands	The city fathers buy the paper to use it in a crusade to clean up the city. They turn around and sell it to Leigh Hunt.
06/06/1889	The Great Fire Destroys P-I's Offices	Offices of the P-I are destroyed in the Great Fire. The paper doesn%u2019t miss an edition and is printed temporarily out of owner Leigh Hunt%u2019s residence. HistoryLink article on the Post-Intelligencer Photo: Mural of the Great Fire, Seattle, June 6, 1889. By Howard Giske. Courtesy of MOHAI.
01/01/1910	Royal Brougham Joins the P-I	Royal Brougham drops out of Franklin High School to become a copy boy at the P-I. He works there for 68 years and dies while on the job in 1978. HistoryLink article on Royal Brougham Photo: Royal Brougham at KOMO studios, 1946. Courtesy MOHAI.
01/01/1921	The P-I is acquired by The Hearst Corporation
08/19/1936	Newspaper Guild Members Begin Three Month Strike	Newspaper Guild members go on strike at the P-I and are joined by longshore workers and other unions. Teamsters leader Dave Beck says his drivers won%u2019t deliver newsprint until the strike is settled. Hearst blasts the strikers in radio ads, but sits down to negotiate after FDR is reelected. HistoryLink article on the 1936 strike
01/01/1942	P-I Photographer Records Japanese-American Detainees	P-I photographer Ken Harris takes what become celebrated photographs of Japanese-American detainees as they journey from their homes on Bainbridge Island. Photo: Japanese-American internees preparing to leave Camp Harmony for internment camps, Puyallup, 1942. Courtesy MOHAI.
11/09/1948	The P-I Globe is Mounted	The 30-foot steel globe is hoisted above the P-I headquarters at 6th Ave and Wall St. in downtown Seattle. The neon slogan, %u201CIt%u2019s in the P-I%u201D revolves around the equator. Photo: Seattle P-I building, 1948. Courtesy MOHAI.
01/01/1967	P-I Exposes Police Payoffs	P-I takes on one of the state%u2019s most powerful politicians, King County Prosecutor Charles O. Carroll. The paper exposes police payoffs by gambling operations and Carroll%u2019s meetings with the owner of a company owning pinball machines. HistoryLink article about King County Prosecutor Charles O. "Chuck" Carroll Photo: Seattle P-I building, 1961. Courtesy
01/01/1975	Robert Perry Turns to P-I Reporter for Escort	State legislator Robert Perry flees federal corruption charges. He contacts the P-I and says he%u2019ll turn himself in to authorities under the escort of political reporter Shelby Scates.
01/01/1977	P-I Hires First Female Photojournalist at a Seattle Daily	The P-I hires Kerry Coughlin, the first female photojournalist at a Seattle daily.
10/30/1978	P-I's Royal Brougham Passes Away	Royal Brougham dies after suffering a heart attack in the Kingdome press box. HistoryLink article on Royal Brougham Photo: Royal Brougham at KOMO studios, 1946. Courtesy MOHAI.
05/23/1983	The P-I and Times Share Presses Under New Agreement	The first edition of The Post-Intelligencer published under the terms of a Joint Operating Agreement rolled off the shared presses of the Times and P-I.
01/01/1986	The P-I Globe Moves to Waterfront Offices	The 18.5 ton globe is dismantled and moved from the P-I%u2019s previous building to its current location near the Seattle waterfront. Photo: P-I headquarters, 2008. Courtesy Wikipedia.
04/01/1991	Antiwar Activists Spoof the P-I	Antiwar activists grab issues of the Post-Intelligencer out of street racks and paste a satirical front page over the real one. Their page is headlined %u201CWE LIE for your own good.%u201D HistoryLink article on P-I spoof. Photo: Frontpage of P-I, April 1, 1991. Courtesy HistoryLink.org and Peter Blecha.
01/01/1999	David Horsey Wins Pulitzer Prize	David Horsey wins first of two Pulitzer Prizes as the P-I%u2019s editorial cartoonist. He receives the second Pulitzer in 2003. Horsey in the P-I. Photo: David Horsey. Photo by Jimmy So.
03/06/2000	The Times Moves to a Morning Publication	The Seattle Times moved to morning publication, initiating a newspaper battle, head-to-head with The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Photo by Jim Gates.
08/01/2005	P-I Series Chronicles King County Sheriff's Office Conduct	Investigative series %u201CConduct Unbecoming%u201D by Eric Nalder and Lewis Kamb chronicles the King County Sheriff%u2019s office failures to investigate and discipline employees. P-I Series: Conduct Unbecoming
01/29/2009	P-I Series Chronicles Boy Scouts' Logging Activities	Investigative series %u201CChain Saw Scouting%u201D chronicles logging activities by the Boy Scouts. P-I Series, "Chain Saw Scouting"