1910- After two years of construction, the Grafton Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand is opened.
This Day in History
2006- Construction begins on One World Trade Center in New York City.
1248- Gothic-styled French chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, opens for the first time in Paris.
2003- After 3 years of construction, the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Tokyo, Japan, opens
2010- the Helix Bridge in Singapore opens.
1914- After 3 years of construction, Wrigley Field in Chicago, home of the Chicago Cubs, opens.
1994- Ground breaking for the construction of the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Carolina Panthers.
1877- the Eiffel Bridge, designed by architect Gustave Eiffel, opens in Romania.
1894- 136,000 miners begin to strike for a pay increase in Ohio.
1968- Belgian construction workers strike