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1967 > The construction of Interstate 5 provides a critical transportation link
between Everett and Tacoma. 1968 > Local boy Anil Hendrix returns to Seattle as a superstar. 1968 > Seattle Radical Women hold what is likely the nation's first women's liberation demonstration. 1971> Starbucks coffee opens its first store in Pike Place Market. 1973> Movie star and martial arts guru Bruce Lee is buried in Capitol Hill's Lake View Cemetery. 1974> Lesbians and gays celebrate Seattle's first Gay Pride Week. 1976> The Seattle Seahawks play their first exhibition game at their new stadium, the Kingdome. The arena serves the Hawks and the Seattle Mariners for almost 25 years before being replaced by Qwest Field for football and Safeco Field for baseball. 1979 > The Seattle Supersonics win the NBA championship. 1980 > Mount St. Helens erupts, killing 57 people. 1986 >, Microsoft offers its first shares to the public. 1988 > Nirvana plays its first-ever show at The Vogue on First Avenue. 1990 > Pulitzer Prize-winning African-American playwright August Wilson moves to Seattle. 1995 > The Seattle Mariners win the American League West pennant. 2000> The Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation becomes the nation's richest philanthropic trust with a gift of $5 billion. 2000> The Frank O. Gehry-designed Experience Music Project opens. 2002 > Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray premieres at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. 2004 > Frasier, Kelsey Grammer's TV sitcom set in Seattle, airs its last show. 2004 >The Seattle Storm wins the WNBA championship. 2004 > The new Rem Koolhaas-designed Seattle Central Library opens. 2005 > A University of Connecticut study lists Seattle as the most literate city in America. Also named "Most Livable City' by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. |
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