1993- Construction begins on the Rogers Arena, home of the Vancouver Canucks, opens in British Columbia, Canada.
This Day in History
1882- 1st US ocean pier completed in Washington, D.C.
1750- Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost entirely destroyed by fire.
1815- First US natural gas well is discovered.
1906- American architect Philip Johnson is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1923- 17 are killed and 28 injured when a rail crash occurs on New Zealand’s main trunk line.
2009- the 360 Mall, Kuwait’s largest mall, opens.
1880- Mary H. Myers is the first American woman to pilot her own balloon.
1896- Karl Benz drives the 1st automobile.
1698- Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.