First
Billy Graham Crusade here: first time BGEA had to build a tabernacle
for crusade, World Wide Pictures inagurated, and Hour of Decisions
started with crusade.
January
12, 1959
Mark
O. Hatfield inaugurated as governer. Served eight years.November 3,
1960 Portland Memorial Coliseum opened.
October
12, 1962
Columbus
Day Storm.
January
9, 1967
Tom
McCall inagurated as governer. Tom's individualism, love of the state,
and ecological concerns provided outstanding leadership. Served eight
years.
1968
Second
Billy Graham Crusade here, but limited effect due to disunity and
darkness of city.
March
3, 1970
Portland
Trail Blazers named.
1972
Election
of Neil Goldschmidt to mayor. This election was significant because
it was perhaps the first time that grassroots citizen involvement
won against powerful business and real estate interests which had
nearly controlled Portland government before.
1975
Designation
of Yamhill Historic area as historic district by Yamhill Historic
District Advisory Council.
1976
Nomination
of same area for National Register of Historic Places.
June
5, 1977
Trailblazers
won world NBA.
May
18, 1980
St.
Helens erupts, killing almost 60.
September
3, 1986
MAX
(Metropolitan Area Express) light rail starts operation in Portland
with a run from downtown to Gresham. Finished on time and on budget.
January
12, 1987
Neil Goldschmidt inaugurated as governer.
October
26, 1988
ARISE
initial report on state of the church in Portland. First harvest force/harvest
field mapping of Portland.
1989
Launching
of Prayer Summits here.
1989
Mission
Portland launched.
January
13, 1992
Prayer
Rally at Coliseum with capacity crowd of over 13,000.
May
17, 1992
Prayer
Rally at Coliseum with capacity crowd of over 13,000.
September,
1992
Major
Billy Graham Crusade (3rd here) breaks crusade records.
March
15, 1993
Earthquake in Portland.
May
5, 1994
Staking
of city.
June
18, 1994
Promise
Keepers Rally draws national attention. Over 3300 decisions were made.
June
25, 1994
March
for Jesus
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