On October 31, 1981, "The Wave" -- a staple of fan participation at U.S. sporting events since the early 1980s -- makes its unofficial debut at a University of Washington football game in Seattle.&nbs...
On November 2, 1981, the Seattle district of the Army Corps of Engineers announces that it is abandoning plans for the proposed Ben Franklin Dam near Pasco, citing overwhelming public opposition to a ...
On November 3, 1981 voters re-elect Charles Royer (b. 1939) as mayor of the City of Seattle.
On November 23, 1981, Group Health Cooperative and University of Washington School of Medicine sign the nation's first formal affiliation agreement between an HMO and a university medical school. The ...
On November 28, 1981, the City of Issaquah honors Julius Boehm (1897-1981) for his contributions as a civic leader and founder and longtime proprietor of Boehm's Candies in the city by proclaiming tha...
In 1982, the Seattle-King County Convention and Visitors Bureau adopts "The Emerald City" as an epithet for Seattle and incorporates it into a logo to promote tourism. (An epithet indicates some quali...
In 1982, Flo Ware Park is named for an African American community activist. Located on the southeast corner of 28th Avenue S and S Jackson Street, it is a miniature park of 21,600 square feet. Florasi...
On January 17, 1982, Seattle historian and photographer Paul Dorpat (b. 1938) publishes his first "Now & Then" column in The Seattle Times: Pacific Magazine. The column compares two photographs, "...
On January 20, 1982, Seattle's first general interest newspaper for the Chinese community, His Hua Pao or Seattle Chinese Post, appears. The Seattle Chinese Post, Inc., headed by Assunta Ng, publishes...
On January 25, 1982, the 7,200-square-foot Polynesia Restaurant on Seattle's Pier 51, which prospered during the Century 21 World's Fair and for years after, is lifted onto a large barge and moved to ...
On March 7, 1982, the Washington House of Representatives votes overwhelmingly to tear down or cover over murals by Michael Spafford (1935-2022) called Twelve Labor of Hercules, which were commissione...
On May 23, 1982, The Four Seasons Olympic hotel reopens after being shut down for almost two years for a major renovation and restoration campaign. Built in 1924, the hotel had undergone many changes ...