Portal:Oregon/Selected anniversaries

January 3, 1914 martial law is implemented in Copperfield by Fern Hobbs.
January 7, 1996 the orca Keiko from the Free Willy movies arrives at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
January 9, 1880 a powerful windstorm spreads damage in Northwest Oregon.
January 13, 1837 pioneers in the Willamette Valley form the Willamette Cattle Company.
January 23, 1990 the Happy Face Killer kills his first known victim near Portland.

February 4, 1999 near Coos Bay the New Carissa ran aground during a storm on the Pacific Ocean.
February 5, 1846 the first edition of the Oregon Spectator is published, becoming first American newspaper to be published west of the Rocky Mountains.
February 14, 1859 Oregon becomes the 33rd state of the Union.
February 14, 1917 the Interstate Bridge is opened over the Columbia River linking Portland to Vancouver, Washington.
February 27, 1993 the Spruce Goose arrives in McMinnville where it will be housed in a museum.

March 3, 1849 governor Joseph Lane dissolves Provisional Government and implements government of the Oregon Territory.
March 20, 1916 the Portland Rosebuds became the first U.S. based ice hockey team to play for the Stanley Cup.
March 23, 1806 the Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves Fort Clatsop near present day Astoria.
March 25, 1993 the "Spring Break Quake" damages the Oregon State Capitol.
March 27, 1939 at the first NCAA basketball tournament, the Oregon Ducks win the first championship.

April 2, 1907 the Mail Tribune newspaper is founded in Medford.
April 6, 1954 native Oregonian James Alger Fee is nominated to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
April 14, 2005 the Oregon Supreme Court rules in Li & Kennedy vs. State of Oregon that Multnomah County could not issue same-sex marriage licenses.
April 18, 1877 former state senate president and the first doctor and teacher in Portland, Ralph Wilcox, commits suicide while at work at the federal court in Portland.
April 21, 1865 the first post office in Pendleton located in Eastern Oregon opens.

May 2, 1843 meetings at Champoeg create Provisional Government of Oregon.
May 11, 1792 Capt. Gray enters the Columbia River, becoming the first Euro-American to accomplish this feat.
May 21, 1998 Kip Kinkel goes on a shooting spree at Thurston High School in Springfield.
May 22, 1902 Crater Lake National Park is established as Oregon's only National Park.
May 30, 1978 sportswear company Blue Ribbon Sports officially changes its name to Nike.

June 5, 1811 the ship Tonquin leaves the mouth of the Columbia River after establishing Fort Astoria.
June 5, 1977 the Portland Trail Blazers won Game 6 of the NBA Finals to win the series 4-2 and win their first NBA Championship.
June 15, 1846 the Oregon Treaty is signed, resolving the Oregon Question.
June 21, 1942 a Japanese submarine attacked Fort Stevens near the mouth of the Columbia River.
June 3, 1850 five Cayuse tribal members are hung in Oregon City to conclude the Cayuse War that began with the Whitman massacre.

July 2, 1935 Ashland hosts the first Oregon Shakespeare Festival, featuring Twelfth Night.
July 3, 1905 U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell is convicted in the Oregon Land Fraud Scandal.
July 5, 1843 the first Organic Laws of Oregon are passed creating a framework for the Provisional Government.
July 15, 1896 the battleship USS Oregon is commissioned under the command of Captain H.L. Howison.
July 28, 1878 former two-time acting governor of the Oregon Territory, George Law Curry dies in Portland.

August 7, 1958 Alberto Salazar, marathon runner and member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, is born in Cuba.
August 14, 1848 the Oregon Territory is created when President Polk signs a bill passed by Congress.
August 17, 1857 the Oregon Constitutional Convention begins meeting in Salem.
August 27, 1966 the Astoria-Megler Bridge opens across the Columbia River linking Astoria to Washington state.
August 28, 1970 Vortex I, a state sponsored rock music festival, begins in Clackamas County.

September 6, 1996 convicted killer Douglas Wright becomes the first person in Oregon to be executed by lethal injection.
September 6, 1931 the Yaquina Bay Bridge designed by Conde McCullough opens near Newport.
September 9, 1942 Japan bombed Southwestern Oregon with a seaplane launched from a submarine.
September 10, 2001 Portland's light rail system expands when the MAX Red Line opens to PDX.
September 15, 1993 fugitive Kathy Power pleaded guilty to armed robbery and manslaughter after spending 14 years hiding in Oregon.

October 1, 1938 the current Oregon State Capitol building is dedicated with speeches by dignitaries including Franklin D. Roosevelt.
October 2, 1867 Willamette University opens Waller Hall, the oldest college building in the state.
October 5, 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders to General Nelson Appleton Miles after leading the Nez Perce on a strategic retreat out of the Wallowa Valley.
October 12, 1962 the Columbus Day Storm does extensive damage in Western Oregon.
October 28, 1947 Governor Earl Snell, Oregon Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., and State Senate President Marshall E. Cornett all die in a small plane crash in Southern Oregon.

December 4, 2006 James Kim's wife and two children are rescued after being located off of Bear Camp Road.
December 8, 1876 A. Luelling becomes the first mayor of the city of Hillsboro, located in the Tualatin Valley.
December 21, 1936 Oregon's first female governor, Barbara Roberts, is born in Corvallis.
December 28, 1978 United Airlines Flight 173 crashed in Portland killing ten onboard the DC-8 aircraft.
December 29, 1855 a fire destroyed the Territorial Capitol building.