1900- the US Navy’s 1st submarine is introduced.
This Day in History
1858- Big Ben (the bell) was cast.
1829- 1,200 are killed when a dike breaks in Poland.
1838- The steamship, Great Western, leaves for its maiden voyage from England to New York.
1890- The Lake Biwa Canal is completed in Japan.
1903- Railroad and dock workers go on strike in Holland.
1998- the 3,911-meter-long Akashi Kaikyo Bridge opens.
1933- 73 die when the dirigible, Akron, crashes off the coast of New Jersey.
1866- Construction begins on the Cornish-Windsor Bridge, a covered bridge in New Hampshire.
1975- Construction on the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, is finished.