2010- the Helix Bridge in Singapore opens.
This Day in History
1914- After 3 years of construction, Wrigley Field in Chicago, home of the Chicago Cubs, opens.
1994- Ground breaking for the construction of the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Carolina Panthers.
1877- the Eiffel Bridge, designed by architect Gustave Eiffel, opens in Romania.
1894- 136,000 miners begin to strike for a pay increase in Ohio.
1968- Belgian construction workers strike
1937- Czech architect, and designer of the Selfridges Building in England, Jan Kaplicky, is born.
1964- The Ford Mustang is first introduced
1907- Canadian inventor of the snowmobile, Joseph-Armand Bombarbier, is born
1972- the N Seoul Tower, a 236-meter-tall communicational and observational tower, opens in South Korea.