1969- After approximately 11 years of construction, the Fort Duquesne Bridge in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania opens.
This Day in History
1834- the Palace of Westminster in London, England, is destroyed by a fire.
1966- the Washington Monument is designated
1878- Edison files his first patent for “improvement in electric lights”
2007- the cable-stayed bridge, Solidarity Bridge, across the Vistula River in Poland, opens for the first time.
1901- Theodore Roosevelt officially names the presidential residency “The White House”
2011- Kuwait’s tallest building, the Al Hamra Tower, opens.
2003- the Magdeburg Water Bridge, a navigable aqueduct in Germany, opens.
1876- The first telephone call over outdoor wires
2008- The 435 meter tall Milad Tower in Iran opens.