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1986 Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland
1969 Last Chevrolet Corsair built 1957 Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built 1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois 1955 Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan 1954 1st coml jet transport plane built in U.S. tested (Boeing 707) 1952 John Otway, born in Buckinghamshire, England, unsuccessful singer, built large cult following based on underdog persona 1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi 1941 Concentration camp Birkenau begins being built 1936 London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House 1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1929 1st U.S. roller coaster built 1919 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1919 Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1913 1st 4 engine aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia) 1906 Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France 1904 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium) 1896 25th auto built in US 1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges 1893 1st auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield 1892 1st concrete-paved street built, Bellefountaine, Ohio 1892 Richard J. Neutra, Austrian and U.S. architect, Who Built America 1888 Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads 1869 J Frank Duryea, inventor, 1st auto built and operated in U.S. 1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1863 Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops 1861 Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor, 1st auto built and operated in U.S. 1858 George Washington Goethals, engineer, built Panama Canal 1857 Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st U.S. autos 1849 Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1846 Daniel Burnham, U.S., architect/built skyscrapers 1830 Adolph Sutro, San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels 1822 John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US 1810 Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built fastest clipper ships 1805 Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat, built Suez Canal 1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound 1765 Robert Fulton, built 1st steamboat 1764 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol 1744 Eise J Eisinga, Frisia, built planetarium Franeker 1725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed and built 1st automobile 1716 1st U.S. lighthouse built (Boston) 1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) 1592 Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, 1628-58, built Taj Mahal 1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris 1345 Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal, built navy 765 Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China |
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