1916- the Centre Street Bridge, a historic bridge in Calgary, Canada, opens.
This Day in History
1924- America’s first diesel electric locomotive enters service.
1943- A passenger train in North Carolina crashed into another train’s derailed cars. 72 people died.
1969- the Silver Memorial Bridge over the Ohio River opens for the first time.
1978- Construction begins on the light aircraft carrier, the HMS Ark Royal.
1921- A fire at a coal mine in Morrison, Colorado results in the death of 6.
1866- 388 died at the Oaks Colliery in South Yorkshire, UK, due to a firedamp and coal dust explosion.
1890- the single-arch Victoria Avenue Bridge opens in Cambridge, England.
1987- the Tsing Yi North Bridge opens in Hong Kong.
1787- Designer of Eldon Square in England, John Dobson, is born.