1897-John Philip Holland’s electric/gasoline fueled submarine is launched in the US.
This Day in History
1874- A dam bursts in Williamsburg, MA, resulting in the US’s first recorded dam disaster.
1907- Toronto plumbers begin a 4-month strike.
1926- The Hercilio Luz Bridge, Brazil’s longest suspension bridge, opens.
1869- The Transcontinental Railroad is completed
1927- the Old Parliament Building, designed by architect John Smith Murdoch, opens in Canberra, Australia
1847- The rubber tire is patented.
2002- the official opening of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, UK
1895- the first electrically operated rapid transit system, the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad is opened in Chicago.
2007- the 840 meter long Homeland Bridge, an extradosed bridge, opens in Croatia.