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#OnThisDay in 2007, Seattle got a Major League Soccer franchise that eventually resulted in @SoundersFC.

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#OnThisDay in 1998, Congress funded the Northwest Straits Initiative to protect and restore marine ecosystems.

#OnThisDay in 1963, the Seattle Repertory Theatre debuted with King Lear in the Seattle Playhouse.

#OnThisDay in 1951, Seattle began its year-long centennial celebration.

#OnThisDay in 1951, Murray Morgan published Skid Road.

#OnThisDay in 1926, the first air regatta in the Pacific Northwest was held at Sand Point.

#OnThisDay in 1905, the Alki Point monument was dedicated.

#OnThisDay in 1851, the Denny party landed at Alki Point. Members of the group later founded Seattle.

#OnThisDay in 1958, demolition of buildings began on the Century 21 Exposition/Seattle World's Fair site.

#OnThisDay in 1950, Zoe Dusanne opened Seattle's first professional modern-art gallery.

#OnThisDay in 1925, Bartell Drugs declined a buyout offer from the Louis Liggett Company.

#OnThisDay in 1896, Buffalo Soldier Moses Williams received the Medal of Honor.

#OnThisDay in 1894, the Everett Woman's Book Club petitioned the City of Everett for a free public library.

#OnThisDay in 1875, the Territorial legislature incorporated Tacoma.

#OnThisDay in 1836, the Beaver, the first steamship on Puget Sound, arrived at Fort Nisqually.

#OnThisDay in 1998, Seattle's "Doughboy" statue was moved to Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery.

#OnThisDay in 1965, Auburn held its inaugural Veterans Day parade.

#OnThisDay in 1957, a giant sinkhole opened up in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood.

#OnThisDay in 1924, The Sentinel, a memorial statue to four American Legionnaires by sculptor Alonzo Victor Lewis, was dedicated in Centralia.