{"slug": "oregon", "label": "Oregon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q824", "qid": "Q824", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1778, 1974], "span_label": ["1778 CE", "1974 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "california", "label": "California", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-mexico", "label": "New Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arizona", "label": "Arizona", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "washington-state", "label": "Washington (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-columbia", "label": "British Columbia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-cook", "label": "James Cook", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-senator", "label": "United States Senator", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1778, "year_label": "1778 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6–October 24 – Captain Cook explores and maps the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, from Cape Foulweather (Oregon) to the Bering Strait.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371073991#January–March", "title": "1778", "revid": 1371073991, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1792, "year_label": "1792 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after British Admiral Lord Hood by Lt. William Broughton of the Vancouver Expedition, who spots the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359853540#October–December", "title": "1792", "revid": 1359853540, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#January–March", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1887, "year_label": "1887 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – The Hells Canyon massacre begins: 34 Chinese gold miners are ambushed and murdered in Hells Canyon, Oregon, United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363052310#May", "title": "1887", "revid": 1363052310, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell of Oregon is indicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising from a scandal involving land grants in the state and illegally using his influence for private clients.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#February", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Oregon places a one cent per US gallon (0.26¢/liter) tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#February", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October", "text": "Construction of the Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Project in Oregon, is completed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#October", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1933, "year_label": "1933 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acre km2.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371108771#August", "title": "1933", "revid": 1371108771, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15–July 1 – In New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, thousands of acres of forests are destroyed in fires.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#June", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – Wayne Morse, American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator from Oregon (1945–1969) (b. 1900)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#July", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Deaths › July"}}]}