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2 days ago · Seattle, Washington. The city was settled on November 13, 1851, at what is now West Seattle. It was relocated the following year to a site across Elliott Bay near a Duwamish Indian village. It owes its name to the Native American leader Seattle, chief of the Duwamish, Suquamish, and other tribes of the Puget Sound area.
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2 days ago · In 1945, following the end of hostilities in World War II, the nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC), led by the Kuomintang (KMT), took control of Taiwan. The legality and nature of its control of Taiwan, including transfer of sovereignty, is debated.
2 days ago · It grew slowly—augmented by European immigrants recruited to work in the coalfields outside the city—until the arrival of an interstate railroad line. With the railroad, Seattle had supplanted San Francisco as the central transport point for the northern Pacific trade by the early 1880s.
Jun 11, 2024 · 1890-World War I — Central District is largely a Jewish neighborhood, comprised mostly of German immigrants (with a handful of Polish, Greek, and Turkish Jewish settlers). The Douglass-Truth Library, which opened in 1914, is named after Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth. Photo by SEAtoday staff.
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5 days ago · Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.
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Jun 26, 2024 · Washington State History. Washington State Indian tribes. Washington Civil Rights Advocates. Washington Japanese-American Internment in World War II. For help with any question about Washington State government: Ask the Librarian Service at the Washington State Library.
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Jun 24, 2024 · Japan attacked the American navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. In response, the United States declared war on Japan. Japan's Axis allies, including Nazi Germany, declared war on the United States days after the attack, bringing the United States into World War II.
