2014 Event Germany commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with a balloon-release ceremony and celebrations throughout the country; the wall had been built through Berlin to separate communist East Germany from West Germany 2014 Event One World Trade Center opens today, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States 2014 Event India has put the INS Kolkata into service; the battleship, built locally, is the second to be commissioned this year and signals the nation's intent to update its military in response to concern regarding China's growth 2014 Event The cryogenic engine built India's Space Research Organisation engineers powers the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5), which successfully placed a 1,982-kg GSAT-14 communications satellite into orbit in 17 minutes 2013 Event The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built 2013 Event A successor to the SR-71 Blackbird is being built by Lockheed Martin. The company's Advanced Development Programs, known by the alias Skunk Works, has taken on the challenge to builde the SR-72, capable of flying at mach 6 with expected delivery in 2023 2013 Event A transistor-like transcriptor is built out of DNA and RNA molecules by American bioengineers at Stanford University 2012 Event A fire breaks out in the Tamweel Tower, one of about 80 towers built or still under construction in the Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai 2011 Event At the Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland, archeologists believe they found a fort from 1680 built to protect the 'friendly' Piscataway Indians 2010 Event Tibet's Galongla Tunnel, built at an altitude of 3,750 meters, is completed, linking Medog county to the outside world 2010 Event The theory that Egypt's pyramids were built by free workers, not slaves, is reinforced by the discovery of new tombs near the great pyramids 1986 Event Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland 1969 Event Last Chevrolet Corsair built 1957 Event Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built 1956 Event 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois 1955 Event Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan 1954 Event 1st coml jet transport plane built in U.S. tested (Boeing 707) 1952 Birthday John Otway, born in Buckinghamshire, England, unsuccessful singer, built large cult following based on underdog persona 1942 Event 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi 1941 Event Concentration camp Birkenau begins being built 1936 Event London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House 1931 Event 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1929 Event 1st U.S. roller coaster built 1919 Event 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1919 Death Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1913 Event 1st 4 engine aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia) 1906 Event Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France 1904 Event 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium) 1896 Event 25th auto built in US 1893 Event 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges 1893 Event 1st auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield 1892 Event 1st concrete-paved street built, Bellefountaine, Ohio 1892 Birthday Richard J. Neutra, Austrian and U.S. architect, Who Built America 1888 Birthday Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads 1869 Birthday J Frank Duryea, inventor, 1st auto built and operated in U.S. 1864 Event Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1863 Event Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops 1861 Birthday Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor, 1st auto built and operated in U.S. 1858 Birthday George Washington Goethals, engineer, built Panama Canal 1857 Birthday Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st U.S. autos 1849 Birthday Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1846 Birthday Daniel Burnham, U.S., architect/built skyscrapers 1830 Birthday Adolph Sutro, San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels 1822 Birthday John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US 1810 Birthday Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built fastest clipper ships 1805 Birthday Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat, built Suez Canal 1788 Event 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound 1765 Birthday Robert Fulton, built 1st steamboat 1764 Birthday Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol 1744 Birthday Eise J Eisinga, Frisia, built planetarium Franeker 1725 Birthday Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed and built 1st automobile 1716 Event 1st U.S. lighthouse built (Boston) 1714 Event Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) 1592 Birthday Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, 1628-58, built Taj Mahal 1370 Event Bastille begins being built in Paris 1345 Birthday Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal, built navy 765 Event Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China
