1913- Construction begins on Palace of Fine Arts
This Day in History
1754- The baroque-styled Stockholm Palace opens in Sweden.
1843- Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens
1967- Construction begins on the Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered fleet submarine, the HMS Conqueror.
1904- The patent for the electric furnace is filed
1995- The Anzac Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge, opens in Sydney, Australia.
1878- A telephone is installed for the first time in the White House
1985- the Tancredo Neves Bridge, connecting Brazil and Argentina, opens across the Iguazu River.
1908- A coal mine explosion in Pennsylvania kills 154.
1948- Honda opens in USA