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1993 Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1990 Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years 1987 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct 1973 President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline 1972 Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle 1971 Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome 1971 Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil 1970 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street 1969 Walt Disney World construction begins 1968 Belgian construction workers strike 1967 Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) 1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1966 Dutch police beat construction workers, 60 injured 1965 Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall completed 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany 1960 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) 1958 Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor 1955 Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters 1955 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities 1942 Construction of the Alaska Highway began 1938 Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 1937 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) 1936 Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins 1935 Richard H Hunt, born in Chicago, sculptor, Pyramidal Construction 1930 Construction begins on Boulder Dam 1930 Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium 1929 Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier 1927 Construction of Spirit of St. Louis is completed 1922 Construction begins on Yankee Stadium 1920 Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City 1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco) 1913 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF 1909 Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins 1909 Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv) 1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral 1903 Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn 1902 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City) 1901 Construction begins on New York Stock Exchange 1899 Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway 1898 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike 1884 Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) 1880 Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) 1873 Construction begins on Clay St. (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad 1870 Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883 1870 Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins 1862 U.S. begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad 1852 Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die 1828 Construction begins on B and O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st U.S. passenger RR 1817 Construction on Erie Canal begins 1775 Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet 1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St. jail (Phila) (1st solitary) 1595 Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe 1248 Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun

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