1914- After 3 years of construction, Wrigley Field in Chicago, home of the Chicago Cubs, opens.
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1981- 10,00 Chilean copper workers strike.
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1960- the Palacio de Planato, the workplace of the Brazilian president, designed by architect Oscar Neimeyer, opens.
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20
2010- a drilling rig explosion causes a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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19
1940- 34 people are killed when a Lake Shore Ltd. Train derails in New York.
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18
2008- A crane in China lifts a barge, ballasted with water, weighing 20,133 tonnes.
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1961- Construction begins on the Space Needle in Seattle.
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1916- the tallest structure in Austria, the Donauturm tower, opens for the first time.
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1964- The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel opened for the first time.
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14
1922- Ground breaks for the construction of Solider Field in Chicago, Illinois, home of the Chicago Bears.