1945 - the Paso de Los Libres- Uruguaiana International Bridge, a rail and road bridge, opens, connecting Brazil and Argentina.
This Day in History
2006 - the 91-floor Eureka Tower in Australia opens after 4 years of construction.
2003- the Magdeburg Water Bridge, a navigable aqueduct in Germany, opens.
1876- The first telephone call over outdoor wires
2008- The 435 meter tall Milad Tower in Iran opens.
1826- The first American chartered railway, Granite Railway, begins operations.
2000- the Świętokrzyski Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge in Warsaw, Poland, opens for the first time over the Vistula River.
1882- Inventor of the first liquid-fueled rocket, Robert Goddard, is born in Massachusetts.
2009- The Kurilpa bridge, a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Brisbane River, opens in Queensland, Australia.
1996-The Museum Tinguely in Switzerland, designed by architect Mario Botta, opens.