1994- Ground breaks for the First Niagara Center, home of the Buffalo Sabres, in Buffalo, New York.
This Day in History
1900 - First US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1959 - 1st section of M1 Motorway opens from Watford to Rugby.
1910- Construction begins on the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.
1962 - the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, a truss arch bridge that connects twin cities in Michigan, U.S.A, and Ontario, Canada, opens.
1991 - the cable-stayed bridge, the Queen Elizabeth 2 Bridge, opens for the first time.
1997 - Ground is broken for Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers, in Michigan.
1942 - The Alaska Highway connects to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada
1993- The famous Dunes hotel in Las Vegas is demolished.
1794 - Designer of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Konstantin Thon, is born.