2015 Event A 7.9-magnitude earthquake hits Nepal, causing over 2,400 deaths, fatal avalanches on Mt. Everest, and destruction of historic sites such as the Dharahara tower 2014 Event One World Trade Center opens today, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States 2012 Event A fire breaks out in the Tamweel Tower, one of about 80 towers built or still under construction in the Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai 2010 Event Paris closes the Eiffel Tower due to snow 2001 Event SAS flight 686 crashes near Milano-Linate, killing 114, crash caused by flight crew and tower confusion 1997 Event Tower Minnesota temps dip to 24 degrees F 1996 Death Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower), dies at 31 1994 Event Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens 1993 Death Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86 1992 Death Frederick W. Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99 1991 Death John Tower, Senator-R-Texas 1961 - 1985, dies in a plane crash at 65 1990 Event Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far 1989 Event Senate rejects George H. W. Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary 1987 Event Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair 1986 Death Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91 1984 Event Late Night's 1st Tower Drop 1981 Event Daniel Goodwin, climbs Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours 1980 Death Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas) 1980 Event Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hours 18 minutes 1980 Death Sarah Selby, actress (Tower of London), dies at 74 1976 Event CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure, 555 m, opens 1973 Event Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building finished 1970 Event Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1970 Birthday Keith Tower, NBA center for the Los Angeles Clippers 1967 Event Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (U.S.S.R.) 1966 Event Charles Whitman climbs University of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead 1965 Event London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England 1965 Birthday Eric Cullen, actor, Huntington Tower 1960 Birthday Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy, rocker, Lilac Time-Paradise Song 1941 Death Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London 1940 Event Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France 1938 Birthday Charles Starkwether, murderer, Texas Tower 1938 Birthday Joan Tower, born in New Rochelle, New York, composer, Breakfast Rhythms 1933 Event Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters 1930 Event Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories) 1926 Event Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu 1925 Birthday John Tower, born in Houston, Texas, Senator-R-Texas 1961 - 1985 1923 Death Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91 1923 Event ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower 1914 Event Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco) 1908 Birthday John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor, Tower of London, Return of Fly 1907 Birthday L[yon] Sprague de Camp, U.S., sci-fi author, Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei 1905 Event 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine 1901 Event Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower 1894 Birthday Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor, Iron Tower 1894 Event London Tower Bridge opens 1889 Event Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed 1889 Event 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution 1888 Birthday Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor, Tower of London 1855 Event Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon 1832 Birthday Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, Eiffel tower 1819 Birthday Zealous Bates Tower, Major General Union Army 1783 Event Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in U.S. 1763 Event London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower 1721 Event English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower 1678 Event Earl of Shaftesbury freed out of London Tower 1677 Event Earl of Shaftesbury arrested/confined in London Tower 1640 Event John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London 1621 Event Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night 1620 Event 1st stones layed in Western Tower 1616 Event Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana 1587 Event English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1587 Event English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1541 Event Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower 1534 Event Sir Thomas Moore confined in London Tower 70 Event Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans
