1907 - The luxury liner Lusitania leaves London for New York on her maiden voyage.
This Day in History
1869 - Construction begins on Neuschwanstein Castle.
2007- The Taj Mahal is declared one of the seven New7Wonders of the World.
1881- the first public electric railway opens in Lichterfelde, Germany.
1927- the Old Parliament House, designed by architect John Smith Murdoch, opens in Canberra, Australia
1847- The rubber tire is patented.
1797- Canadian Abraham Gesner, inventor of kerosene, is born.
1923- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opens in California.
1942- Construction begins on the Alaska Highway
1937- Construction begins on the Lions Gate Bridge, a suspension bridge, in Vancouver, Canada.