1584 - San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is completed.
This Day in History
1937 - Italian architect-engineer Renzo Piano is born.
1997 - After 1.5 years of construction, the FedExField in Landover, Maryland, home of the Washington Redskins, opens.
1905- The Victoria Falls Bridge opens over the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.
1926 - Hawaii’s landmark lighthouse, the Aloha Tower, opens for the first time.
1901- Construction begins on the transatlantic steamship, the RMS Carpathia.
1753- the first steam engine arrives in the US colonies.
In 1664, the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.
1948- Synthetic rubber is first used in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio.
1907 - The luxury liner Lusitania leaves London for New York on her maiden voyage.