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In 1999 Seattle hosted the [[WTO]] at the Washington Convention Center on Pine Street, and found itself the locus of a large protest by anti-globalist activists.  Very rapidly, however, anarchists took advantage of the fact that the police were overwhelmed and began destroying property and looting storefronts.  The violence of the "Battle of Seattle" raged for several days.

In 1999 Seattle hosted the [[WTO]] at the Washington Convention Center on Pine Street, and found itself the locus of a large protest by anti-globalist activists.  Very rapidly, however, anarchists took advantage of the fact that the police were overwhelmed and began destroying property and looting storefronts.  The violence of the "Battle of Seattle" raged for several days.

On Ash Wednesday 2001 Seattle sustained damage in the large Nisqually Quake, which cracked the Highway 99 Viaduct and destroyed some vintage brick buildings in Pioneer Square.

On Ash Wednesday 2001, Seattle sustained damage in the large Nisqually Quake, which cracked the Highway 99 Viaduct and destroyed some vintage brick buildings in Pioneer Square.

==Sports==

==Sports==

Seattle is the home of the [[NFL]]'s [[Seattle Seahawks]], the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, and Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners.

Seattle is the home of the [[NFL]]'s [[Seattle Seahawks]], the [[NBA]]'s Seattle SuperSonics, and Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners.

[[Category:US Towns and Cities]]

[[Category:US Towns and Cities]]