Happy birthday, Fred Hutch Cancer Center! On this day in 1975, the dedication ceremony for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was held at the center's original location in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood, completing a project 10 years in the making.

The ceremony drew dignitaries from across medicine, politics and baseball, with a program that featured remarks from Fred Hutch President and Director Dr. William Hutchinson, U.S. Senators Ted Kennedy and Warren Magnuson, and baseball Hall-of-Famer Joe DiMaggio.

President Gerald Ford visited the campus a day prior to the dedication ceremony, keen to get a look at one of the eight new comprehensive centers authorized by the 1971 National Cancer Act.