1903- The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel opens to guests
This Day in History
1969- the Silver Memorial Bridge over the Ohio River opens for the first time.
1992- Ground breaks on the construction of the Scottrade Center, home of the St. Louis Blues, in Missouri, U.S.A.
1897- Designer of the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel, Albert Aalbers, is born in the Netherlands.
1947 - United Mine Workers withdraw from AFL
1890 - the single-arch Victoria Avenue Bridge opens in Cambridge, England.
1987 - the Tsing Yi North Bridge opens in Hong Kong.
1812 - Horse-drawn mower is patented.
2013 - Ground breaking for the construction of the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Vikings.
1953 - the Paton Bridge, across the Dneiper River in Ukraine, is opened.