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#OnThisDay in 2007, Seattle got a Major League Soccer franchise that eventually resulted in @SoundersFC. https://t.co/OSfshtDB6z
#OnThisDay in 1998, Congress funded the Northwest Straits Initiative to protect and restore marine ecosystems. https://t.co/GdsTui7vt7
#OnThisDay in 1963, the Seattle Repertory Theatre debuted with King Lear in the Seattle Playhouse. https://t.co/Xl3HsT02L4
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#OnThisDay in 1951, Seattle began its year-long centennial celebration. https://t.co/YMKAWTPlzW
#OnThisDay in 1951, Murray Morgan published Skid Road. https://t.co/ETObLFY4A5
#OnThisDay in 1926, the first air regatta in the Pacific Northwest was held at Sand Point. https://t.co/gUpNPDRJi9
#OnThisDay in 1905, the Alki Point monument was dedicated. https://t.co/NavkcNZx2a
#OnThisDay in 1851, the Denny party landed at Alki Point. Members of the group later founded Seattle. https://t.co/HBegNflCx6
#OnThisDay in 1958, demolition of buildings began on the Century 21 Exposition/Seattle World's Fair site. https://t.co/sFurEnpyFg
#OnThisDay in 1950, Zoe Dusanne opened Seattle's first professional modern-art gallery. https://t.co/7R5vnnGeB8
#OnThisDay in 1925, Bartell Drugs declined a buyout offer from the Louis Liggett Company. https://t.co/HYPgKxjPaK
#OnThisDay in 1896, Buffalo Soldier Moses Williams received the Medal of Honor. https://t.co/rrZAHsgOGM
#OnThisDay in 1894, the Everett Woman's Book Club petitioned the City of Everett for a free public library. https://t.co/vr9fwx8zYi
#OnThisDay in 1875, the Territorial legislature incorporated Tacoma. https://t.co/Rrt51mSsdJ
#OnThisDay in 1836, the Beaver, the first steamship on Puget Sound, arrived at Fort Nisqually. https://t.co/1mb9XDdr4t
#OnThisDay in 1998, Seattle's "Doughboy" statue was moved to Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery. https://t.co/ozwuMe3qTN
#OnThisDay in 1965, Auburn held its inaugural Veterans Day parade. https://t.co/MPEgBVGIUq
#OnThisDay in 1957, a giant sinkhole opened up in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood. https://t.co/YYxHqo1wiv
#OnThisDay in 1924, The Sentinel, a memorial statue to four American Legionnaires by sculptor Alonzo Victor Lewis, was dedicated in Centralia. https://t.co/46RHXqwNMI
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