1953 - The famous “four-level” opens in Los Angeles
This Day in History
2004 - Construction started on the Burj Khalifa.
2011 - the Myllysilta, a steel girder bridge, opens in Turku, Finland.
1793 - Construction begins on the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
1908 - Designer of the St. Vartan Cathedral in NYC, Rafael Israelyan, is born.
1966 - The Metropolitan Opera House, in New York City, opens for the first time.
1584 - San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is completed.
1937 - Italian architect-engineer Renzo Piano is born.
1973 – Shell Canada announced plans for an oil extraction plan in the Athabasca tar sands. The project was valued at $700 million (approximately 4.1 billion today). This solidifies Shell’s... read more →
1933 – Five major French Airlines merge to form Air France, France`s flag carrier airline. During World War II, the headquarters would be relocated to Morocco. After the end of... read more →