1970- Inauguration of the Pont Pierre-Laporte in Quebec
This Day in History
1930- 82 people are killed when an explosion occurs in the #6 shaft of a coal mine in Millfield, Ohio.
1966- A Flood in Venice prompts the declaration of a “priority national interest”, the MOSE Project is initiated
1972- Construction begins on the Rexall Place arena, home of the Edmonton Oilers, in Alberta, Canada.
1957- The first titanium mill opens in Toronto, Ohio
1918- An underground train derails and crashed into a concrete partition in Brooklyn, New York, resulting in 102 casualties.
1827- Designer of the New York Tribune Building, Richard Morris Hunt, is born in Vermont.
1929- The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.
1927- the Leaside Bridge, a truss bridge, in Toronto, Canada, opens.
1886- The Statue of Liberty first opens