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Construction
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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