one barton family.net's Genealogy Project: Washington, United States

1700

26 Jan: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake strikes off the west coast of North America producing a huge tsunami that sweeps across the Pacific.NRCan USGS

1818

20 Oct: The largest part of the border between Canada and the United States is established.tCE ND.gov

1889

11 Nov: Washington becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com

1907

28 Aug: UPS is founded in Seattle, Washington as the American Messenger Company.LHoF ST

1940

7 Nov: "Galloping Gertie", the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, collapses due to high winds.WSDOT KIRO7

1975

4 Apr: Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a new company, Microsoft, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.W I R E D CIOViews

1980

18 May: Earthquakes trigger a landslide and a cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State.USAF USGS

1985

20 Nov: Microsoft releases its first version of Windows.c|net PC

1991

10 Sep: Nirvana releases "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ushering in the age of Grunge.Biography billboard

1996

28 Jul: Two men find part of a 9000 year old human skull in the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington - Kennewick Man.BM Earth