| 1940's |
| 1940 |
- Oct. - Des Moines Field House dedicated. In 1946 the Library is located here.
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| 1945 |
- April 29 - At12:16 p.m., a Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes. It was centered near North Bend.
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| 1946 |
- Northwest Archery, the first business in Normandy Park, was opened by Glen St. Charles.
- Feb. 14 - At 7:18 p.m. an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes, centered between Olympia and Tacoma.
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| 1947 |
- March - First Kindergarten opened in Des Moines with Rilda Moses as teacher.
- March - Des Moines Theater (now Cinema) opens.
- Nov. 30 - At approximately 2:25 p.m., an Alaska Airlines charter C-54 airliner with 26 passengers and three crew members crashes while landing at Sea-Tac Aiport, killing 9 and injuring 17. The four-engine Douglas airliner landed from the northeast and ran off the end of the runway colliding with an automobile on Des Moines Way (now Des Moines Memorial Drive).
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| 1949 |
- April 14 - Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes area. The ground shakes for about 30 seconds and is felt over a 230,000 square mile area.
- July 9 - Sea-Tac Airport dedicated, having been begun as Bow Lake Airport previously.
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