Portland, Oregon
seat of Multnomah County, and largest city in state of Oregon, United States
7 dated entries naming Portland, Oregon, drawn from 6 separate years between 1851 CE and 1981 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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19th century
- 1851January 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.source
- 1880August 24 – The SS Columbia completes her maiden voyage, arriving without incident in Portland, Oregon, after a stopover in San Francisco.source
- 1880June – The SS Columbia sets off on her maiden voyage around Cape Horn to Portland, Oregon, carrying 13 locomotives and 200 railcars.source
- 1889June 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.source
20th century
- 1905June 1 – The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon.source
- 1963April 6 – The Kingsmen record their influential cover of "Louie Louie" in Portland, Oregon, released in June.source
- 1981Polybius, an urban legend game, is said to have been released in Portland, Oregon; there is no evidence for its existence.source
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