1958- After 18 months of construction, the Tokyo Tower opens.
This Day in History
1937- Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic.
2001- The Sullivan Mine in British Columbia, Canada is shut down.
1892- Pneumatic automobile tire is patented.
1795- First U.S. state appropriation of money for road building.
2015- the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, capable of seating 60,000, opens in Kuwait.
1903- The Wright brothers successfully fly their invention, the first airplane.
2009- CityCentre Las Vegas opens.
1914- A gas explosions resulted in an explosion at the Mitsubishi Hojyo Coal Mine in Japan, resulting in 687 deaths.
1994- Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam.