1987- Largest steel strike in American history ends.
This Day in History
2013 - Ground breaking for the construction of the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Vikings.
1932 - the West End Bridge, a tied-arch bridge, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1783 - The first solo flight in a hot-air balloon occurs when Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles flies over 36 kilometers at 3,500 meters in the air.
1508 - Designer of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Italy, Andrea Palladio, is born.
1985- the Tancredo Neves Bridge, connecting Brazil and Argentina, opens across the Iguazu River.
1981- the General Stefan “Grot” Rowecki Bridge opens across the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland.
1948- Honda opens in USA
1926- Route 66 Opens
2009 - The 55-floor Shining Heights skyscraper in Hong Kong opens.