1883 - International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls
This Day in History
1991 - the Skarnsund Bridge, designed by architect Johannes Holt, opens in Norway.
1916- the Centre Street Bridge, a historic bridge in Calgary, Canada, opens.
1954- World’s first fully automated railroad freight yard
1903- The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel opens to guests
1969- the Silver Memorial Bridge over the Ohio River opens for the first time.
1992- Ground breaks on the construction of the Scottrade Center, home of the St. Louis Blues, in Missouri, U.S.A.
1897- Designer of the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel, Albert Aalbers, is born in the Netherlands.
1947 - United Mine Workers withdraw from AFL
1890- the single-arch Victoria Avenue Bridge opens in Cambridge, England.