• PRESIDENT REAGAN WINS RE-ELECTION 1984 • MCDONALD’S SERVED ITS 50 BILLIONTH HAMBURGER Downtown Park Design Adopted • “WHERE’S THE BEEF” AD CAMPAIGN DEBUTED ASHWOOD PARK CONCEPTUAL PLAN • PETE ROSE BECOMES 1ST NL TO REACH 4,000 HITS IN A CAREER ADDITIONAL DOWNTOWN PARK PROPERTY PURCHASE (4 ACRES) • APPLE RELEASES MACINTOSH COMPUTER • MICROSOFT RELEASES WINDOWS 1.0 • SPENCER FOR HIRE AIRS ON TV 1997 • ‘NEW’ COKE RELEASED BY COCA COLA DTP Master Plan Update • 'THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW' IS FIRST BROADCAST NATIONALLY BOTANICAL GARDEN MASTERPLAN UPDATE • RETURN OF HALEY’S COMET • PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN CHALLENGES MIKHAIL GORBACHEV TO "TEAR DOWN" THE BERLIN WALL • MCDONALDS SELLS 65 BILLIONTH HAMBURGER • ‘ORIGINAL FORMULA’ COKE BROUGHT BACK TO REPLACE ‘NEW’ COKE • NINTENDO RELEASES THE HANDHELD GAME BOY • HOWARD SCHULTZ BUYS STARBUCKS COFFEE • COMET HALE-BOPP CLOSEST APPROACH TO EARTH • MCDONALDS SELLS 80 BILLIONTH HAMBURGER Voter Approved Park Levy 2008 • MCDONALDS SELLS 100 BILLIONTH HAMBURGER AND CHANGES TO ‘BILLIONS AND BILLIONS SERVED’ • PIXAR AND DISNEY RELEASE TOY STORY • TITANIC RELEASED IN MOVIE THEATER • STEVE IRWIN'S "THE CROCODILE HUNTER" DEBUTS • MCDONALD’S RE-INTRODUCES THE MCRIB SANDWICH 6TH STREET MINI PARK • CAMPELL’S SOUP PRODUCES ITS 20 BILLIONTH CAN OF TOMATO SOUP • BRITISH AND FRENCH WORKERS DRILL THROUGH FINAL ROCK AND SHOOK HANDS IN THE CHUNNEL LATTAWOOD PARK • BLUE M&MS REPLACE TAN M&MS MEYDENBAUER BAY MASTER PLAN • DOLLY THE SHEEP, WORLD'S FIRST CLONED MAMMAL AIRFIELD PARK MASTER PLAN • KEN GRIFFEY JR UNANIMOUSLY WINS AL MVP • APPLE NAMES STEVE JOBS TEMPORARY CEO • Y2K SCARE • HIJACKED PLANES CRASH INTO NEW YORK'S WORLD TRADE TOWERS AND PENTAGON Inspiration Playground • APPLE RELEASES IPOD • FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE TOLKIEN FANTASY BOOK MOVIE BY PETER JACKSON’S “LORD OF THE RINGS” WAS RELEASED 2013 • TAKERU KOBAYASHI SETS NEW RECORD BY EATING 50 HOT DOGS IN 12 MINUTES AT NATHAN’S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST Complete the Circle • SEATTLE MARINERS WIN 116 GAMES • CASEY KASEM GIVES UP THE HOSTING DUTIES OF "AMERICAN TOP 40" • SEATTLE STORM WIN FIRST WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP • PARKS & COMMUNITY SERVICES WINS NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL AWARD • BBC TV REVIVES DR WHO TELEVISION SHOW WITH CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON AS THE 9TH DOCTOR BOTANICAL GARDEN TATEUCHI VIEWING PAVILION • MICROSOFT UNVEILS THE XBOX 360 LEWIS CREEK PARK • NINTENDO RELEASES THE WII GAME SYSTEM • BELLEVUE CITY HALL MOVES FROM MAIN STREET TO CURRENT LOCATION SOUTH BELLEVUE COMMUNITY CENTER • FACEBOOK RELEASED TO INTERNET • APPLE ANNOUNCES THE IPHONE • SEAHAWKS PLAY IN 1ST SUPER BOWL XL MERCER SLOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER • "IRON MAN", STARRING ROBERT DOWNEY JR. IS RELEASED CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CENTER EXPANSION • BILL GATES STEPS DOWN AS CHAIRMAN OF MICROSOFT TO DEDICATE EFFORT TO THE GATES FOUNDATION • BARACK OBAMA, INAUGURATED AS THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • SEATTLE SUPERSONICS MOVE TO OKLAHOMA CITY • U.S. NAVY RESCUES CAPTAIN RICHARD PHILLIPS 2014 • BOEING'S NEW 787 DREAMLINER MAKES ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT BOTANICAL GARDEN RAVINE GARDEN and BRIDGE • AVATAR MOVIE RELEASED BANNERWOOD PARK • SEATTLE SOUNDERS PLAY THEIR FIRST INAUGURAL GAME • CONAN O'BRIEN'S LAST TONIGHT SHOW EPISODE • THE 54 YEAR RUN OF THE SOAP OPERA AS THE WORLD TURNS ENDS WITH FINAL BROADCAST • MICROSOFT RELEASES WINDOWS PHONE 7 • APPLE REPORTED SALES OF 275 MILLION IPODS LEWIS CREEK PARK PICNIC AREA • PRETZEL M&MS RELEASED SURREY DOWNS MASTER PLAN • WIKIPEDIA THE FREE INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA TURNS 10 YEARS OLD • OPRAH WINFREY AIRS HER LAST SHOW, ENDING HER TWENTY FIVE YEAR RUN BOTANICAL GARDEN VISITOR CENTER • SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS IS LAUNCHED IN THE FINAL MISSION OF THE U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM. • USAIN BOLT BECOMES THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN THE 100M AND 200M SPRINT IN BACK TO BACK OLYMPICS • SOUTH AFRICA BECOME THE TOP-RANKED TEST CRICKET NATION AFTER DEFEATING ENGLAND • APPLE UNVEILS ITS IPHONE 5 AND IOS 6 • FORMULA ONE LEGEND, MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, RETIRES BELLEVUE YOUTH THEATRE • BARACK OBAMA RE-ELECTED AS US PRESIDENT • MICROSOFT RELEASES WINDOWS 8.1 • "HOUSE OF CARDS", STARRING KEVIN SPACEY AND ROBIN WRIGHT IS RELEASED ON NETFLIX • THE WORLD’S FIRST SMELLING TV SCREEN IS UNVEILED IN JAPAN • "FROZEN", THE HIGHEST-GROSSING ANIMATED FILM OF ALL TIME, IS RELEASED • SEAHAWKS WIN SUPER BOWL XLVIII • JAY LENO ENDS HIS TIME ON THE TONIGHT SHOW • 2014 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: PETER GABRIEL, HALL & OATES, KISS, NIRVANA, LINDA RONSTADT, AND CAT STEVENS • SEATTLE SOUNDERS WIN 4TH US OPEN CUP CHAMPIONSHIP • CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S FLAGSHIP, THE SANTA MARIA, IS DISCOVERED OFF THE COAST OF HAITI 2015 • PSY'S "GANGNAM STYLE" BECOMES THE FIRST VIDEO TO REACH 2 BILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE • RAFAEL NADAL WINS HIS NINTH FRENCH OPEN TITLE • NEW YORK'S 104-STOREY ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER OFFICIALLY OPENS 13 YEARS AFTER 9/11 • CELEBRATIONS HELD IN GERMANY TO MARK THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL Downtown Park Open House • SEAHAWKS RETURN TO SUPER BOWL XLIX • LYDIA KO AT 17, BECOMES THE YOUNGEST GOLFER IN HISTORY TO BE RANKED NO. 1 IN THE WORLD Complete the Circle • CHICK-FIL-A OPENS IN BELLEVUE, WA Construction Start
Inspiration Playground • SEATTLE SOUNDERS WIN 2015 MLS CUP Construction Start • SEATTLE MARINERS WIN 2015 WORLD SERIES • SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WIN SUPERBOWL 50
• SEATTLE STORM WIN 2015 WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP
2016 Complete the Circle / Inspiration Playground Construction Complete
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