1897- The jerry coupler is invented to connect railroad cars.
This Day in History
1951- Automobile manufacturers Austin and Morris Motors merge.
2005- The world's largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium, opens.
1964- The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, a suspension bridge in New York, designed by architect Othmar Ammann opens.
1952- the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City opens after 2 years of construction.
1926- After 28 weeks, the British mine strike ends.
1889- Hawaiian Oahu Railway begins public service.
1952- The patent fr the pneumatic reversible torque wrench is filed.
1995- Ground breaks for the construction of Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, in Phoenix.
1997- the César Gaviria Trijullo Viaduct, a cable-stayed bridge, opens in Colombia.