1927- Ford announces that it will end production of the Model T.
This Day in History
1883- The Brooklyn Bridge opens for public use.
1918- the King Oil/Shell refinery officially opens on Caribbean island Curacao.
1997- After 5 years of construction, the Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong-Kong, one of world's longest suspension bridges, opens.
1927- Charles Lindberg completes the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic, lands in Paris.
2007- the world's largest floating stage, The Float, opens in Singapore.
1902- 184 people are killed when an explosion occurs at a coal mine in Coal Creek, Tennessee
1967- Silver is $1.60 an ounce in London.
1897-John Philip Holland’s electric/gasoline fueled submarine is launched in the US.
1977- Construction begins on the Joe Louis Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings, in Detroit, Michigan