1799- the 1st US patent for a seeding machine is granted in Vermont.
This Day in History
1848- Gold is discovered in California.
1786- Designer of the Alexander Column in Russia, Auguste de Montferrand, is born.
1817- British vessel, Diana, sinks off the coast of Malacca.
1861- Elisha patents the steam elevator.
1916- the man-made Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands cracks.
1942- The patent for constructing plastic auto bodies is granted to Henry Ford.
1905- The baroque revival-styled Parliament House opens in Stockholm, Sweden.
1986- the Gateway Bridge in Australia opens over the Brisbane River.
2010- The Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest man-made structure, in UAE officially opened.