20th Century Washington State;

Puyallup Fair;

Oct 4, 1900

The fair started here in Washington;

Spruce Army

Dec 1, 1917

Spruce Army oraginated

Fort Lewis;

Dec 1, 1917

Fort Lewis was established;

Seattle general

Dec 2, 1919

Seattle general strike labor violence in Centralia;

United States Congress

Dec 2, 1924

The Indian citizenship act; giving United States citizenship to all Native Americans but they still couldnt vote until the 1950's; when they were ablle to vote in all the states;

Hoovervilles

Dec 3, 1931

Appeared in many citites glaring evidence of high unemployment rates;

The march;

Dec 4, 1932

Of unemployment groups on Olympia ends in scuffles between the rival organizations;

President Franklin D Roosevelt

Dec 5, 1933

Begins New Deal programs;

Grand Coulee Dam

Dec 5, 1933

Began;

Indian Reorganization Acts

Dec 6, 1935

Set up Tribal Business Councils && promoted the return of communal ownership of reservation lands; in order to creat self sufficlency;

Bonneville Dam

Dec 7, 1937

On the Columbia river was finished;

Grand Coulee Dam

Dec 8, 1941

Was finished;

United States;

Dec 9, 1941

Entered World War II;

Pearl Harbor;

Dec 10, 1941

Hawaii bombed Japan;

Hanford Engineers Works;

Dec 11, 1943

Built to produce plutonium for the WWII bomb " Little boy"

Washingtons first t.v station

Dec 12, 1948

(KING-TV) began broadcasting in Seattle;

Boeing 707

Dec 13, 1948

Boeings first flight of the 707; && the first jet transport;

Washingtons Public Power;

Dec 14, 1957

Washingtons public power supply system was created to develop our energy resources;

Seattles

Dec 15, 1962

World fair;

South Center Mall;

Dec 3, 1968

Opened;

Bumbershoot;

Dec 3, 1971

Seattles music && arts festival started;

Amendment passed

Dec 16, 1972

To ensure equal rights for women;

Microsoft;

Dec 17, 1975

Was founded, major producer of computer software;

Dixy Lee Ray;

Dec 3, 1976

Washingtons first woman governor elected;

Mount St Helens

May 18, 1980

Erupted; On my uncles birthday :]

Clovis Points

Dec 3, 1987

Found in East Wenatchee orchard

Our State Consititution;

Dec 3, 1988

Said we should have insititutions to care for the " blind;deaf; dumb or otherwise defective youth" && insane or idiotic and years later changed to " youth who are blind or deaf or other wise disabled && persons who are mentally ill or developmentally disabled"

Washingtions statehood;

Dec 3, 1989

Washingtons centennial of statehood;

HempFest;

Dec 3, 1991

Started out as Washingtons Hemp Expo in the 90's

New Washington State History Museum;

Dec 3, 1996

Opened;

Safco Field;

Jan 23, 1998

Opened;

Seattle Communist Party

Dec 3, 2001

Office closed;

Qwest Field;

Jul 19, 2002

Opened; && cost $360 million