1883- Lights are used in the first night baseball game in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
This Day in History
1887- 200 die when a gas lamp at the Paris Opera catches fire.
1935- Construction begins on the Story Bridge, a steel cantiliever bridge, opens in Brisbane, Australia.
1887- the first continental train arrives in Vancouver, Canada.
1882- The Gotthard Tunnel in Switzerland opens.
1881- the first public electric railway opens in Lichtervelde, Germany.
1881- the Bornrif Lighthouse on Ameland Island in the Netherlands begins operation.
1877- 7 are killed when a fire occurs at a coal mine in Wadesville, Pennsylvania.
1842- 50 die when a train travelling from Versailles to Paris catches fire.
1765- HMS Victory launches.