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Seattle Modernarnis

Major events in Seattle's history include:

* The Great Seattle Fire of 1889, which destroyed the central business district (but took no lives)
* The anti-Chinese riots of 1885–1886
* The Klondike gold rush, which made Seattle a major transportation center
* The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, which is largely responsible for the layout of the University of Washington campus
* The Seattle General Strike of 1919, the first general strike in the country
* The 1962 Century 21 Exposition, a World's Fair
* The Wah Mee Massacre of Chinatown 1983
* The 1990 Goodwill Games
* The APEC leaders conference in 1993
* The Grunge movement of the 1990s
* The Battle in Seattle: The WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, marked by street protests and a series of riots
* The Seattle Mardi Gras Riots in 2001 followed by an earthquake the next day.