1914- An assembly line for the first car, the Model T, is introduced by Henry Ford.
This Day in History
1953- A gas explosion at a coal mine in Ghislenghein, Belgium results in the death of 14.
1905- The baroque revival-styled Parliament House opens in Stockholm, Sweden.
1902- The Toronto Mining Exchanges Ltd. Becomes the Standard Stock and Mining Exchange Ltd.
1941- Construction begins on the US battleship, the USS Missouri (BB-63)
1858- Henry Miller, the first Grand President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is born.
1980- Gold hits a record high of $634 per ounce
2004- 13 miners are trapped underground following the explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia, only 1 survives.
1916 - the Centre Street Bridge, a historic bridge in Calgary, Canada, opens.
1954- World’s first fully automated railroad freight yard