1960- the Oil pipeline from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens.
This Day in History
1907- Royal Oil & Shell merge to form BP (British Petroleum)
1728, John Wood, the Younger, English architect and designer of England’s Royal Crescent, is born.
1997- South Africa announces that it is building the world’s largest modern day blimp.
1973- Gold is a record $95/ounce in London.
1912- the 1st airplane flies over 100mph.
1804- the world’s first locomotive runs for the first time in Wales.
1872- Cyrus Baldwin patents the Hydraulic electric elevator
1967- Construction began on the Calgary Tower, a $3.5-million-dollar project in Alberta, Canada.
1745- Inventor of the battery, Alessandro Volta, is born.