1926- Route 66 Opens
This Day in History
2009- The 55-floor Shining Heights skyscraper in Hong Kong opens.
1849- The inventor of the gas-powered tractor is born
2007- Cruise liner, MS Explorer, hits an iceberg.
1989- Ground breaks for the construction of the Georgia Dome, home of the Atlanta Falcons, in Atlanta, Georgia.
2007- the Newton Navarro Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge 103 meters above the Potenji River, opens in Brazil.
1997- Ground breaks on the construction of the Pepsi Center, home of the Denver Nuggets, and the Colorado Avalanche in Denver, Colorado.
1905- 100 people drown when a steamer sinks in the English Channel
1936- Main span of the Golden Gate Bridge is joined
1959- De Beers announces synthetic diamond