1825- Rensselaer Polytechnic, the U.S.’s first engineering college, opens in New York.
This Day in History
1848- Gold is discovered in California.
2015- Fabrizio de Mirandra, one of the designers of the Rande Bridge in Spain, dies.
2001- A gas explosion at a coal mine in Ukraine results in the death of 9 miners.
1955- Construction begins on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, a bascule bridge in Louisiana, U.S.A.
1977- Australia’s worst rail accident occurs: a commuter train derails in the Granville Suburb of Sydney: 83 people die, 210 are injured.
2004- Ground breaks for the construction of Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, in St. Louis, Missouri.
1862- Part of a pumping engine falls into the pit of a Hartley Coal Mine in England, trapping workers below. As a result, 204 die.
1861- Elisha patents the steam elevator.
1864- Charing Cross Station, a central rail station, opens in London, England.