{"slug": "portland-oregon", "label": "Portland, Oregon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%2C_Oregon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6106", "qid": "Q6106", "description": "seat of Multnomah County, and largest city in state of Oregon, United States", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1851, 1981], "span_label": ["1851 CE", "1981 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cape-horn", "label": "Cape Horn", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boston", "label": "Boston", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "massachusetts", "label": "Massachusetts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-francisco", "label": "San Francisco", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – The flip of a coin, subsequently named the Portland Penny, determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory will be named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#January–March", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1880, "year_label": "1880 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June", "text": "June – The SS Columbia sets off on her maiden voyage around Cape Horn to Portland, Oregon, carrying 13 locomotives and 200 railcars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371273111#June", "title": "1880", "revid": 1371273111, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1880, "year_label": "1880 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – The SS Columbia completes her maiden voyage, arriving without incident in Portland, Oregon, after a stopover in San Francisco.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371273111#August", "title": "1880", "revid": 1371273111, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 mi km between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#June", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#June", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – The Kingsmen record their influential cover of \"Louie Louie\" in Portland, Oregon, released in June.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#April", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Polybius, an urban legend game, is said to have been released in Portland, Oregon; there is no evidence for its existence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#Date_unknown", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}