1765- HMS Victory launches.
1943- Construction begins on Liberty Ship, SS Jeremiah O’Brien.
1922- Ground is broken on the Original Yankee Stadium in New York City.
1940- Construction begins on the Rainbow Bridge, an arch bridge in Niagara Falls, U.S.A.
1830- the first regular steam train passenger service begins.
1797- Canadian Abraham Gesner, inventor of kerosene, is born.
1923- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opens in California.
1994- the 235-m Shinjuku Park Tower opens in Japan.
2010- the Helix Bridge in Singapore opens.
1914- After 3 years of construction, Wrigley Field in Chicago, home of the Chicago Cubs, opens.