1981- the General Stefan “Grot” Rowecki Bridge opens across the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland.
This Day in History
2001- Construction begins on the Frost Bank Tower, a 515-foot-tall skyscraper in Austin, Texas.
1939- the Göta älvbron, a bascule bridge in Sweden, opens.
1715- Patent granted for processing corn.
The President Bridge, a truss bridge over the river Volga, opens in Russia.
2006- the patent for the plate joiner is published.
1986- Ground breaks for the construction of Tropicana Field in Florida, home of the Tampa Bay Rays.
2006- After four years of construction, the Rogier Tower in Belgium opens.
2009- After less than a year of construction, the MS Allure of the Seas, a 1,187-foot long cruise ship, launches for the first time.
1837- Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram Railway opens in Austria.