//file author: uw cse 143 student, accessed October 28, 2002
//site title:  "History Timeline - Seattle 150", Copyright 2000
//URL:  http://seattle.about.com/library/weekly/aa092401c.htm
//Timeline of Events in Seattle
1851
Denny Party arrives at Alki.
1852
Settlers relocate to Elliot Bay site; Creation of King County.
1855
Seattle's first church built.
1863
First newspaper published - Seattle Gazette.
1864
Arrival of Mercer's Maidens.
1866
Chief Seattle dies.
1884
Northern Railroad builds spur line from Tacoma to Seattle.
1889
Washington admitted as 42nd state.
1889
Seattle's Great Fire.
1897
Start of Klondike Gold Rush.
1907
Pike Place Market opens.
1914
Smith Tower opens.
1916
William E. Boeing builds first airplane.
1926
Bertha Landes elected as mayor (first woman mayor of large U.S. city).
1928
Boeing Field opens.
1940
Lake Washington Floating Bridge opens.
1949
Major earthquake; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport opens.
1951
First Seafair.
1962
Seattle's World's Fair.
1963
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge opens.
1965
Major earthquake.
1969
First flight of Boeing 747.
1976
Kingdome opens.
1980
Mount St. Helens erupts.
1986
Microsoft goes public.
1990
Lake Washington Floating Bridge sinks.
1999
Seattle hosts WTO Conference; riots.
2000
Kingdome imploded.
2001
Major earthquake.