2001- the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, designed by architect Keith Brownlie, opens.
This Day in History
1908- General Motors is founded in Flint, Michigan.
1904- Wilbur Wright makes his first airplane flight.
1994- Construction begins on the Wells Fargo Center, home of the Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1947- Construction begins on the Altino Arantes building in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1909- the patent for synthetic rubber is granted to Fritz Hofmann.
1941- Ground is broken for the construction of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia.
1913- the first paved coast-to-coast highway (the Lincoln Highway) opens.
1855- Anthony Francis Lucas, discoverer of oil at the Spindletop, is born in Croatia.
1966- After approximately 5 years of construction, the Severn Bridge opens across the River Severn and the River Wye in England.