1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955
1940 - January 16 - Grays Harbor PUD established.
1940 - March 1 - Fire destroys Aberdeen Plywood Company
Mill; one dead, 400 out of work.
1940 - May 23 - Three waves of bombers fly overGrays Harbor.
1940 - June 20 - Polson’s Eureka Mill in Hoquiam burns.
1940 - October 22 - New American Plywood Plant has open
house.
1940 - December 6 - Tug Tyee sinks.
1940 - Sea claims 82 year old North Cove Lighthouse
1941 - January 16 - New Aberdeen plant to cut airplane
spruce.
1941 - March 26 - 30-foot shark washes up at Copalis.
1941 - March 31 - Feds sieze Danish ship at Grays Harbor.
1941 - April 23 - Anti-aircraft guns tested in Grayland.
1941 - May 9 - 900 on Harbor join IWA strike.
1941 - May 27 - Public barred from Electric Park due to
sabotage concerns.
1941 - May 27 - Moon Island Airport construction ahead of
schedule.
1941 - June 12 - Gov. Langlie dedicates Clemons Tree Farm in
Montesano.
1941 - July 17 - 70 forest fires on Harbor.
1941 - December 7 - Japan attacks Pearl Harbor - United
States enters World War II.
1941 - November 14 - Moon Island Airport gets CAA approval.
1942 - July 30 - Scenes for "Lassie Comes Home"
begin filming at Lake Quinault.
1943 - June 15 - Boeing plant to open on Grays Harbor.
1943 - December 25 - Landmark 325 year old Douglas-fir Quinault
and DeKay Road felled.
1944 - July 18 - S.S. Quinault, munitions victory ship,
explodes in San Francisco Harbor.
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