1878- Electricity was first used in Japan.
This Day in History
2012- The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Bridge, a beam bridge built using steel and reinforced concrete opens across the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland.
1977- The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a steel arch-shaped continuous through truss bridge, opens in Maryland.
1999- The 88-floor Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, China opens.
1952- Construction begins on the research submarine the USS Albacore (AGSS-569)
1908- American aeronautical engineer, Edward Heinemann is born.
2008- Gold, on the New York Mercantile Exchange, reaches $1000/ounce for the first time.
1968- Jocelyn Burnell, of Cambridge University, discovers first pulsar.
1872- Cyrus Baldwin patents the Hydraulic electric elevator
1967- Construction began on the Calgary Tower, a $3.5-million-dollar project in Alberta, Canada.