1. In 1873, the Pacific Northwest's first newspaper, the Puget Sound Dispatch, was published in Seattle.

2. In 1920, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper reported on the U.S. Census Bureau's announcement that Seattle was the 17th largest city in the country, with a population of 315,312.

3. In 1965, civil rights activists led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. marched from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, as part of the Voting Rights Campaign. The march began on March 7 and ended on March 25.

4. In 1988, the first annual Emerald City Comicon was held in Seattle. The comic book convention has since become one of the largest of its kind in the country, drawing attendees from around the world.

5. In 2018, the Seattle Sounders FC soccer team signed midfielder Handwalla Bwana. Bwana was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and grew up in Seattle, attending Ballard High School before playing college soccer at the University of Washington.