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Events in Portland History

1889-11-17 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & San Francisco
1898-11-26 SS Portland “The Titanic of New England” leaves for Cape Cod, shipwrecked off Cape Ann, all 192 on board killed

1905-06-01 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon

1907-06-20 1st Portland Rose festival held in Portland, Oregon
1914-07-29 British fleet leaves Portland and passes through the Strait of Dover
1916-03-30 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory
1922-03-21 KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1926-11-27 KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1926-12-23 KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1940-08-11 German air raid on British ports Portland and Weymouth
1952-09-20 KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
1952-10-01 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or
1953-10-15 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953-12-01 WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954-05-16 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954-08-31 WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins
1956-12-15 KGW TV channel 8 in Portland, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1961-02-06 KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962-03-15 KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1975-08-24 Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
1977-08-28 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship

1982-10-02 The Portland Building, designed by Michael Graves, considered the 1st postmodern building is opened in Portland Oregon

1991-01-06 Portland Trail Blazers beat the Seattle SuperSonics, 114-111 before a sellout crowd at the Portland Memorial Coliseum; marks the Blazers' 600th consecutive sellout at home
2007-12-01 Davis Cup Tennis, Portland, Oregan: Bob and Mike Bryan team to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 4-1) over Russia; beat Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev 7-6, 6-4, 6-2; 32nd US title
2010-05-18 Police officer James Crooker is asked to leave the Red and Black Café in Portland, Oregon after co-owner John Langley claimed Crooker's uniformed presence made him uncomfortable
2017-05-26 Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best killed, Micah David-Cole Fletcher injured defending Muslim teenager in Portland, Oregon
2020-07-19 Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional

2020-07-23 US President Trump says he could send 75,000 federal agents to deal with violence in American cities like Portland, drawing backlash

2020-07-30 Federal law enforcement officers begin a phased withdrawal from Portland amid criticism of their actions to shut down Black Lives Matter protests
2020-09-05 More than 50 arrested as Portland, Oregon, marks 100 days of protests against racism and police brutality
2021-06-27 Heat dome envelops the Pacific Northwest with Portland posting highest temperature since records began of 112 F (broken the next day)

1883-04-12 Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (1965 ASMP award), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1976)
1895-12-07 Jack Pennick, American actor (Lady From Louisiana), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1964)

1901-02-28 American chemist, engineer and peace activist (1954 Nobel prize for Chemistry, 1962 Nobel Peace Prize), born in Portland, Oregon

1901-09-26 Donald Cook, American actor (Too Young To Go Steady), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1961)
1903-05-05 James Beard, American culinary expert and author (Delights & Prejudices), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1985)
1907-01-23 Bob Steele [Robert Adrian Bradbury], American actor (Monogram, Supreme, Tiffany), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1988)
1907-02-05 Norton Simon, American industrialist (Hunts Foods, Norton Simon Museum), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1993)
1911-02-19 Bill Bowerman, American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1999)
1914-10-25 Maudie Prickett [Doyle], American character actress (Harvey; Hazel - "Rosie"), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1976)
1917-02-20 Phil Moore, American jazz pianist, arranger, and bandleader, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1987) [1]
1917-05-14 Lou Harrison, American composer (La Koro Sutro), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2003)
1920-07-19 Robert Mann, American composer and violinist (String Quartet 1952), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2018)
1922-04-22 Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (Ocean Park Paintings), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1993)
1923-11-22 Dika Newlin, American composer, Schoenberg expert and punk rocker, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2006)
1924-11-01 Jeff Richards [Richard Mansfield Taylor], American actor (Don't Go Near the Water), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1989)

1925-01-30 American computer scientist (computer mouse, Engelbart's Law), born in Portland, Oregon

1925-08-09 Len Sutton, American auto racer and broadcaster (Indianapolis 500, 1962 runner-up), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2006)
1925-10-29 Betty Evans Grayson, American softball pitcher (National Softball Hall of Fame 1959; Chicago Queens), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1979)
1926-04-11 Robert Hall Lewis, American composer, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1996)
1926-08-03 Gordon Scott [Werschkul], American actor (Tarzan series), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2007)
1927-10-08 Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1956)
1929-04-01 Jane Powell [Suzanne Burce], American singer and actress (Royal Wedding; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2021)
1929-11-02 Rachel Ames, American actress (Line Up, Audrey-Gen Hospital), born in Portland, Oregon
1931-06-16 Robert Freeman Smith, American politician (Rep-R-Oregon), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2020)

1932-09-11 American attorney and politician (U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1969-95), born in Portland, Oregon

1933-01-18 American engineer, sound expert, and inventor (Dolby noise reduction system), born in Portland, Oregon

1953-01-21 American business magnate (co-founder Microsoft, owner Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Seahawks), born in Seattle, Washington

1954-02-15 American cartoonist and writer (Life in Hell, The Simpsons, Futurama), born in Portland, Oregon

1954-02-16 Margaux Hemingway, actress (Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce), born in Portland, Oregon
1954-07-28 Bruce Abbott, American actor (Dark Justice), born in Portland, Oregon
1955-08-15 Kenneth Carr, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1976; LA Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Portland TBs), born in Clearwater, Florida