1930- Construction is complete on the Chrysler Building
This Day in History
1998- Ground breaks on the Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets, in Columbus, Ohio.
2000- the 30-floor Al Faisaliyah Center, a commercial skyscraper, opens in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1926- The Hercilio Luz Bridge, Brazil’s longest suspension bridge, opens.
1881- the first public electric railway opens in Lichterfelde, Germany.
1881- the Bornrif Lighthouse on Ameland Island in the Netherlands begins operation.
2002- the official opening of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, UK
1940- Construction begins on the Rainbow Bridge, an arch bridge in Niagara Falls, U.S.A.
1949- the patent is filed for the power-driven jackhammer
1990- Demolition begins on the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate.