1788- Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This Day in History
1863- James Packard, American founder of the Packard Motor Car Company, is born.
1895- the Los Angeles Railway is established.
1979- 2 workers die due to engineering improvements being made on the Penmanshiel Tunnel, a railway tunnel in Scotland.
1968- General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
1857- a Canadian train breaks an axle and plunges into the Desjardins Canal, as a result 59 people are killed.
2010- Ground breaks on construction for the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Islands, opens in Brooklyn, New York.
1906- An underground fire sparked an explosion at the Courrieres Coal Mine in France.
1983- Construction begins on Canada Place in Vancouver, Canada.
1924- Explosions at coal mine southeast of Salt Lake City resulted in the death of 171 workers.