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1988 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth

1984 Andrea Doria's safe opened

1968 Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix

1965 4th meeting of 2nd Vatican council opened

1962 Trevor Franklin, cricketer, opened for NZ mid-80's

1960 1st fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, RI

1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913)

1957 1st titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio

1954 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan

1953 "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York

1951 "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination and is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London

1941 "Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers

1941 1st U.S. federally owned airport opened Washington D.C.

1938 Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm)

1935 Ken Eastwood, cricketer, opened for Aust vs. Eng SCG 1971

1927 Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum

1926 Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened NZ batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953

1924 King Tut's tomb opened

1914 Dennis Dyer, cricketer, opened batting for South Africa vs. England 1947

1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College

1911 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona

1901 East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened

1895 Auguste Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema

1895 Louis Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema

1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland

1879 1st 5 and 10 store opened by Frank W. Woolworth (Utica New York)

1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)

1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River and Lake Erie opened

1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan

1794 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)

1752 Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the U.S., opened



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