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William E. Boeing moves to Seattle
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Photo: William E. Boeing, 1929. Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library. -
First test flight of a Boeing airplane
First test flight of the Bluebill, a Boeing Model 1, also known as the B & W Seaplane. The combined Seaplane-biplane flew 900 feet from Boeing’s combined factory and hangar on Lake Union.
Photo: Men Pulling B & W into Boeing Seaplane Hangar on Lake Union, Seattle, 1916. Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved. -
Century 21 Exposition, the Seattle World’s Fair, opens at Seattle Center
Photo: Seattle Center Space Needle, circa 1961, by Bernard Mayo Rivera, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. -
Starbucks opens first store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market
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Congress cancels the Supersonic Transport program
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Boeing lays off 7,000 workers
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Will the last person leaving Seattle...
Photo: Local real-estate agents Bob McDonald (right) and Jim Youngren unveil a billboard near Sea-Tac airport that reads: “Will the last person leaving Seattle -- Turn out the lights.” Photo courtesy of Bob McDonald. -
Micro-Soft moves to Bellevue
Fledgling software company Micro-Soft (initial name for Microsoft) relocates from New Mexico to Bellevue. Exact date unknown. -
Three Northwest researchers unite to form the biotech company Zymogenetics
Exact date of company inception unknown.
Photo: Zymogenetics Headquarters Building, as viewed from Lake Union, 2007. Courtesy the photographer Eben Calhoun. -
Microsoft incorporates
Photo: Paul Allen (left) and Bill Gates on October 19, 1981 surrounded by PCs after signing a major contract with IBM to develop software for its upcoming PC line. Courtesy Microsoft. -
Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman found Sub Pop Records
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Microsoft makes its initial public offering
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Howard Schultz buys Starbucks
Exact date unknown.
Photo: Starbucks Chairman Howard Shultz, 2007, by Sillygwailo. -
Nirvana releases “Nevermind” on DGC/Geffen Records
Photo: Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain, 'Nevermind' release at Beehive Records, Seattle, 9/16/91. © Copyright Charles Peterson. -
Dendreon moves from California to Seattle
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William H. Gates Foundation established
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Amazon.com sells first book
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Amazon.com makes its initial public offering
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Boeing moves headquarters from Seattle to Chicago
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Governor Gregoire establishes Life Sciences Discovery Fund with money from the landmark tobacco settlement
Photo: Gov. Christine Gregoire, 2006, official portrait. Courtesy the Office of the Governor. -
Food and Drug Administration approves Dendreon’s prostate cancer treatment, Provenge
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation opens its new world headquarters in South Lake Union
Photo: Gates Foundation's new headquarters, Seattle, 2011, by edgeplot.
