1889- The Eiffel Tower officially opens.
This Day in History
1987- The Patent is filed for the skid-steer vehicle.
1957- the New York, Ontario and Western Railway is liquidated.
1954- Barcelona: construction of Camp Nou started.
1855- Kerosene is patented by Abraham Gesner.
1964- The Patent is filed for the backhoe.
2012- The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Bridge, a beam bridge built using steel and reinforced concrete opens across the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland.
The MetLife Building in New York City, opens for the first time.
1896- The first automobile is driven in Detroit, Michigan.
2016- the Tsakona Arch Bridge, one of the longest multi-span arch bridges, opens in Greece