1947- Maine Turnpike first opens to traffic.
This Day in History
1955- 1st prototype of hovercraft is patented.
1971- the Sotra Bridge in Norway, a 1,236-metre-long suspension bridge, opens.
1879- Canadian, Peter Lymburner Robertson, inventor of the Robertson screw, is born.
1977- Gate de Châtelet-Les Halles, a major train station in France, opens for the first time.
1886- The American Federation of Labor is formed by 26 craft unions.
1696- Connecticut Route 108 is completed to Trumbull.
1907- 362 died at the Monogah Coal Mine in West Virginia due to a firedamp and coal dust explosion.
1958- Construction begins on the Sydney Opera House.11
1924- The Gateway of India, a famous 26m tall stone monument in Mumbai, opens.