{"slug": "oregon", "label": "Oregon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q824", "qid": "Q824", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [-1029, 1951], "span_label": ["1030 BCE", "1951 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "world-war-ii", "label": "World War II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "california", "label": "California", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-mexico", "label": "New Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-columbia", "label": "British Columbia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "washington-state", "label": "Washington (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arizona", "label": "Arizona", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-cook", "label": "James Cook", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bering-strait", "label": "Bering Strait", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1029, "year_label": "1030 BCE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "c. 1030 BC — The Belknap Volcano erupts in the State of Oregon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296833826#Events_and_trends", "title": "1030s BC", "revid": 1296833826, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": 1778, "year_label": "1778 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6–October 24 – Captain Cook explores and maps the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, from Cape Foulweather (Oregon) to the Bering Strait.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371073991#January–March", "title": "1778", "revid": 1371073991, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1784, "year_label": "1784 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "North West Company built up Grand portage as a general summer rendezvous for all companies and free traders, drawing furs from as far as Oregon and the Arctic Circle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360224448#Events", "title": "1784 in Canada", "revid": 1360224448, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1792, "year_label": "1792 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after British Admiral Lord Hood by Lt. William Broughton of the Vancouver Expedition, who spots the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359853540#October–December", "title": "1792", "revid": 1359853540, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#January–March", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state (see History of Oregon).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363808636#January–March", "title": "1859 in the United States", "revid": 1363808636, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1887, "year_label": "1887 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – The Hells Canyon massacre begins: 34 Chinese gold miners are ambushed and murdered in Hells Canyon, Oregon, United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363052310#May", "title": "1887", "revid": 1363052310, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell of Oregon is indicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising from a scandal involving land grants in the state and illegally using his influence for private clients.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#February", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Oregon places a one cent per US gallon (0.26¢/liter) tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#February", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – Construction of the Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Project in Oregon, is completed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#October", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1933, "year_label": "1933 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371108771#August", "title": "1933", "revid": 1371108771, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "1944–1945: World War II: Japan's Special Balloon Regiment launched 9,000 Fu-Go balloon bombs towards the Pacific Northwest, intended to cause panic, by starting forest fires. Six casualties, a woman and her five children in American state of Oregon, were reported. The ten metre-wide balloons contained 540 cubic metres of hydrogen and reached as far inland as Manitoba. The Japanese project was declared a failure and abandoned, after six months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365170686#Events", "title": "1945 in Canada", "revid": 1365170686, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15–July 1 – In New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, thousands of acres of forests are destroyed in fires.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#June", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › June"}}]}