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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 New Zealand 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 Australia vs. England SCG 1971 1927 Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum 1926 Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened New Zealand batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953 1924 King Tut's tomb opened 1914 Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia 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) 1832 Ivan Zajc, born in Rijeka, Croatia, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855 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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