1999- Ground breaks for the construction of Ford Field, in Detroit, Michigan, home of the Detroit Lions.
This Day in History
1978- The West Gate Bridge, a 2,583-m long steel box girder cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Australia, opens.
1994- Passenger service for the Channel Tunnel opens
1986- The Lotus Temple opens to the public.
1901- the Pacific Electric Railway is incorporated in California.
1909- Construction of US Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins.
1903- American Mary Anderson patents the windshield wiper.
1981- The Tjörn Bridge, a cable stayed bridge, opens in Sweden.
1899- Jobu Railway is founded in Japan.
1936- the National Diet Building in Japan is opened.