1904- Sydney’s electric power supply was turned on for the first time.
This Day in History
1994- Construction begins on the Canadian Tire Centre, home of the Ottawa Senators, in Ontario, Canada.
2011- After approximately 4 years of construction, the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, the tallest building in Panama City, opens.
2014- the 72-floor Prima Pearl skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia opens.
1958- the Alversund Bridge, a 198-meter-long suspension bridge in Norway, opens for the first time.
2008- the Beijing National Stadium opens
2002- Africa’s worst train accident- the Igandu Train Disaster occurs, killing 281 in Tanzania.
1998- Construction begins for the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
1870- America’s first Boardwalk is invented
1837- Charles Goodyear is granted his first rubber patent.