Portal:Oregon/Selected anniversaries/September

September 3, 1839, the first member of the Peoria Party arrives in the Oregon Country.
September 5, 1986, the MAX light rail system opens, with a line between Portland and Gresham.
September 6, 1996, convicted killer Douglas Wright becomes the first person in Oregon to be executed by lethal injection.
September 6, 1931, the Yaquina Bay Bridge designed by Conde McCullough opens near Newport.
September 9, 1942, Japan bombed Southwestern Oregon with a seaplane launched from a submarine.
September 27, 1974, Portlandia co-star and former Sleater-Kinney member Carrie Brownstein is born.
September 15, 1993, fugitive Kathy Power pleaded guilty to armed robbery and manslaughter after spending 14 years hiding in Oregon.
September 27, 1919, former baseball player Johnny Pesky is born in Portland.