#OnThisDay in 1916, suffragist Inez Milholland Boissevain spoke in Seattle. historylink.org/File/21083

#OnThisDay in 1907, Index incorporated. historylink.org/File/20911

#OnThisDay in 1880, President Rutherford B. Hayes - the first president to travel west of the Rocky Mountains while in office - visited Seattle, Renton, and Newcastle. historylink.org/File/882

#OnThisDay in 1961, Highline Community College welcomed its first students. historylink.org/File/3360

#OnThisDay in 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon dedicated The Dalles Lock and Dam on the Columbia River. historylink.org/File/21190

#OnThisDay in 1943, Burton Baskin married Shirley Robbins, setting into motion the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire. historylink.org/File/22912

#OnThisDay in 1910, a Kodiak bear cub escaped from an Orcas Island resort, beginning three years of mayhem. historylink.org/File/22480

#OnThisDay in 1898, Everett News editor James Connella shot and killed Ole Nelson, a wood and coal dealer. historylink.org/File/22577

#OnThisDay in 1893, the San Juan County Bank opened for business. www.historylink.org/File/23601

#OnThisDay in 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition entered the future state of Washington. historylink.org/File/5323

Today's #NewAtNoon looks at the history of Todd Shipyards in Tacoma. www.historylink.org/File/23619

#OnThisDay in 1996, Aberdeen native Douglas D. Osheroff was named co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics. historylink.org/File/20464

#OnThisDay in 1949, the University of Washington Health Sciences Building was dedicated. historylink.org/File/10177

#OnThisDay in 1942, an unearthed cannonball fired by the USS Decatur in the Battle of Seattle in January 1856 was recycled in a scrap metal drive for World War II. historylink.org/File/2896

In our Field Notes Season 2 finale, our host and guest dig into how Seattle was made, from tectonic plates and the Ice Age to the glaciers that deposited our city's hills, to the regrading of Denny Hill and the creation the Lake Washington Ship Canal. historylink.org/File/23643/n...

#OnThisDay in 1990, Bellevue resident E. Donnall Thomas was named co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine. historylink.org/File/2001

#OnThisDay in 1969, Seattle Police Chief Frank Ramon resigned amidst a gambling scandal. historylink.org/File/2597

#OnThisDay in 1966, Grant County Airport in Moses Lake opened. historylink.org/File/7965

#OnThisDay in 1936, the trustees of the Spokane Children's Home adopted a policy of declining to accept African American orphans for care in the home. historylink.org/File/5552

#OnThisDay in 1921, a military airplane landed at Sand Point for the first time. historylink.org/File/2242