January 1, 1916: Oregon Goes Dry
January 2, 1895: Bull Run Water Comes to Portland
January 3, 1916: Robbery in Seattle Followed by Flight to Portland
January 4, 1905: Bend Becomes a City
January 5, 1846: No More Sharing Oregon With Britain
January 6, 1994: Tonya Harding’s Gang of Bumbling Criminals Attacks!
January 7, 1806: Sacagawea Scouts Locations for The Goonies
January 8, 1961: Memorial Coliseum Dedicated
January 9, 1950: Three Snow Storms
January 10, 1969: The Old Spaghetti Factory Opens
January 11, 1854: Behemoth Wasco County Created
January 12, 1920: Oregon Ratifies the 19th Amendment
January 13, 1855: Corvallis Controversially Christened Capital
January 14, 1969: TriMet is Born
January 15, 1888: Portland’s Deep Freeze
January 16, 1905: Second Morrison Bridge Opens to the Public
January 17, 1914: Ride the Red Electrics
January 18, 1854: She Flies With Her Own Wings
January 19, 1909: Oregon Republicans Elect Democrat to Senate
January 20, 1983: Poison Idea Records Debut Album
January 21, 2011: Portlandia Premieres
January 22, 1974: Nike Bags the Swoosh
January 23, 1975: Portland Awarded an NASL Franchise
January 24, 1917: Trolley Crosses Columbia on Rails for First Time
January 25, 2006: SP&S 700 Declared a Historic Place
January 26, 1700: The Great Cascadia Earthquake
January 27, 2007: Portland Aerial Tram Opens to the Public
January 28, 1944: Portland’s Final Liberty Ship Launches
January 29, 1904: H.D. Egbert Hanged For Double Murder
January 30, 1855: By Act of Congress, George Washington Bush Keeps his Land
January 31, 1960: Ten Oregonian and Oregon Journal News Trucks Dynamited