1996- Norway’s highest cable-stayed bridge, the Grenland Bridge, opens for the first time.
This Day in History
1965- Construction begins on the British ocean liner, Queen Elizabeth 2
1901- the Hartland Bridge, the world’s longest covered bridge, opens in New Brunswick, Canada.
1929- Foam rubber is first made
1958- the patent for the portable electric hand drill is filed.
1922-One of USA’s biggest strikes, the great railroad strike, is launched.
1966- the patent for the cold saw is filed.
1846- A steamship arrives in Hawaii for the first time.
1830- a railroad timetable is published in a newspaper for the first time.
1880- English designer of the Manchester Opera House, Albert Richardson, is born.