1962- The patent for the flashlight holder mounted on a hard hat is granted to investor Ralph Kidd
This Day in History
1954- World’s first fully automated railroad freight yard
1903- The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel opens to guests
1928- 46 people die when the Silver Bridge, connecting West Virginia and Ohio collapses.
1992- Ground breaks on the construction of the Scottrade Center, home of the St. Louis Blues, in Missouri, U.S.A.
1897- Designer of the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel, Albert Aalbers, is born in the Netherlands.
1947- United Mine Workers withdraw from AFL
1901- Former president of the Canadian National Railway, Donald Gordon, is born.
1985- The patent for the piston and spring powered engine is published
1932- 23 people die after an explosion occurs at the Zero coal mine in Yancey, Kentucky.