2000 Sir Alec Guinness, actor, Bridge on the River Kwai, dies at 86
1998 "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater New York City
1997 "View From the Bridge," opens at Criterion Theater New York City
1996 MTA raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
1996 John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at 82
1995 Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge
1995 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion, dies at 71
1994 Hana bridge is Seoul Korea crashes, 32+ die
1994 Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89
1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
1993 Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge
1992 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies
1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48
1992 Easley Blackwood, expert bridge player, dies at 89
1991 George Washington Bridge raises toll from $3.00 to $4.00
1989 Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself
1985 War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
1984 Oswald Jacoby, U.S. contract bridge champion, dies at 81
1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3
1982 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69
1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78
1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
1981 Humbar Estuary Bridge, U.K., world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens
1981 Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam
1981 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, vs. England at Trent Bridge
1980 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
1977 Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham vs. Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings
1977 Danny Gerard, Mt Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge
1976 Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur
1976 Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
1975 Thornton N Wilder, U.S. writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 78
1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K.; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks
1974 Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal)
1974 Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54
1973 Close finish at Trent Bridge, NZ Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440
1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
1971 Josh Charles, actor, Crossing the Bridge, Cooperstown
1971 Golden Gate Bridge paid for
1971 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win
1970 Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35
1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1969 Robert Sean Leonard, New Jersey, actor, Dead Poets Society, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars
1968 London Bridge is sold to U.S. oil company to be erected in Arizona
1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
1967 Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hr, 34 die
1967 Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curaeao, kills 15
1967 Wilmer King, 1st casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge NY, dies
1966 Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe)
1966 Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, vs. WI Trent Bridge, wicketless
1965 Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde
1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (New York City)
1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge)
1964 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest)
1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck
1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens
1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
1958 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia
1958 Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated
1958 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge over River Kwai," Woodward and Guinness win
1957 Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66
1957 World longest suspension bridge opens (Mackinac Straits Mich)
1957 Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge
1956 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
1955 Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic
1955 Arthur Millers "View From The Bridge," premieres in New York City
1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge
1953 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
1951 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds
1950 U.S. win 1st world championship bridge contest
1950 Frank Worrell completes 261 vs. England at Trent Bridge
1949 American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out
1949 Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist, Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge
1948 Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River
1948 Tony DeMeur, rocker, Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge
1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
1944 US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar
1944 Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders
1944 Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"
1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16
1941 Frank Bridge, English violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61
1940 Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash
1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
1939 Johnny Maestro, New York rock vocalist, Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge
1939 Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx and Queens opens
1938 Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins
1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting U.S. and Canada
1938 Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1938 Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe vs. England at Trent Bridge
1938 England declare at 8 for 658 vs. Australia at Trent Bridge
1938 Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge
1938 Marlies van Alcmaer, [Smal], Dutch actress/director, Bridge too Far
1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1937 Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II
1937 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic
1937 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, dedicated
1937 San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
1936 Oakland Bay Bridge opens
1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens
1936 Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge
1933 Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge
1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field
1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
1932 Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32
1931 George Washington Bridge connecting New York to New Jersey opens
1931 Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
1931 Siem Vroom, Dutch actor, The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries
1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
1930 1st International bridge match is held in London. U.S. team defeats England
1930 Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge
1928 Marion Ross, Albert Lea, Minnesota, actress, Marion-Happy Days, Brooklyn Bridge
1928 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)
1927 Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada dedicated
1927 Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada opens
1924 John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79
1923 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion
1921 Malcolm Arnold, Northampton England, composer, Bridge over River Kwai
1918 William Holden, born in Illinois, actor, Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB
1917 James Donald, Aberdeen Scotland, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings
1914 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York
1914 Alec Guinness, born in London, England, British actor, Bridge on River Kwai
1913 John Terence Reese, bridge master
1912 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist
1910 Albertus "Bert" Botterman, actor, Bridge Too Far
1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens
1907 Mae Clarke, [Klotz], Philadelphia, actress, Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge
1906 Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin
1906 Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die
1904 Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colorado during a flash flood, kills 96
1903 Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan
1901 Sam Spiegel, producer, On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai
1901 Charles H. Goren, bridge master, 26 U.S. Titles
1900 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge"
1899 Hart Crane, U.S., poet, Bridge
1896 Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist
1895 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
1894 London Tower Bridge opens
1892 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist, Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961
1891 Alan Bridge, Pennsylvania, actor, North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills
1890 Sessue Hayakawa, born in Japan, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity
1889 George Washington Bridge linking New York City and New Jersey opens
1886 Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge
1886 David Steinman, New York City, bridge designer, Hudson, Triborough
1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
1884 Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, /inv contract bridge
1883 International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls
1883 Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12
1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland
1881 Max Pechstein, German "entartet" painter/graphic artist, The Bridge
1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico
1879 North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)
1879 Frank Bridge, English violinist, composer and conductor /tutor of B Britten
1877 1st cantilever bridge in U.S. completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
1876 Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress, Waterloo Bridge
1873 Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens
1871 Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens
1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge
1870 Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883
1870 Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins
1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida
1864 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
1864 Capt Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James R Va
1864 Battle of Kellar's Bridge Kentucky, Licking River
1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1862 Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee
1862 Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack
1862 Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville Virginia (Meadow Bridge)
1862 Westminster Bridge across Thames opens
1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa
1855 1st train crosses 1st U.S. railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls
1847 Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bridge
1844 John Frederick Bridge, composer
1842 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
1831 London Bridge opens to traffic
1829 1st stone arch railroad bridge in U.S. dedicated, Baltimore
1829 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author, Blood to Bridge
1796 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
1747 Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, New York Bridge
1716 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)
1708 Great Alliance captures Bridge
1679 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish
1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1654 Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals
1626 Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld
1297 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English
1066 Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway
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