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1991 Three Andrettis finished 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin
1991 Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd 1973 Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building finished 1967 Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (U.S.S.R.) 1963 Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned 1962 Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished 1962 St. Bernard Tunnel finished, Swiss and Italian workers shake hands 1957 Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished 1952 New Dutch bible translation finished 1946 ENIAC, U.S. 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert 1943 Crematory III at Birkenau is finished 1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay is finished 1930 Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished 1929 Dike of Wieringermeerpolder finished 1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished 1864 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished 1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri 1584 San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid finished 1514 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished |
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