1955- First legislation concerning automobile seatbelts.
This Day in History
1870- the 1st part of the Atlantic City Boardwalk opens in New Jersey.
1894- The American Railway Union goes on strike.
1964- The Eiffel Tower is named a historical monument.
1998- Construction begins for the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
1870- America’s first Boardwalk is invented
1675- Construction started on St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, England.
1954- the Danube Bridge, a steel truss bridge, opens connecting Bulgaria and Romania.
1896- the Leadville Miners’ strike begins, imploring silver mine owners to pay workers more than $3.00 a day.
1928- Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean.