Ping An International Finance Centre construction started
The Ping An Finance Center is a 115-storey, 599.1 m (1,966 ft) supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is the tallest building in Shenzhen, the 2nd tallest building in China and the 5th tallest building in the world. It also broke the record of having the highest observation deck in a building at 562 m (1,844 ft). It is the second largest skyscraper in the world by floor area after Azabudai Hills Main Tower in Tokyo, Japan.
Nora Stanton Barney died
Nora Stanton Barney was an English-born American civil engineer, and suffragist. Barney was among the first women to graduate with an engineering degree in United States. Given an ultimatum to either stay a wife or practice engineering she chose engineering. She was the granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge construction started
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, previously called the First Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, connecting the city's Pukou and Gulou districts. Its upper deck is part of China National Highway 104, spanning 4,588 metres (15,052 ft). Its lower deck, with a double-track railway, is 6,772 metres (22,218 ft) long, and completes the Beijing-Shanghai railway, which had been divided by the Yangtze for decades. Its right bridge consists of nine piers, with the maximum span of 160 metres (525 ft) and the total length of 1,576 metres (5,171 ft). The bridge carries approximately 80,000 vehicles and 190 trains per day.
Jorj O. Osterberg was born
Jorj O. Osterberg was a pioneer of geotechnical engineering, recognizing for his innovative contributions in soil sampling and testing. Dr. Osterbern also had a distinguished career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as well as being a consultant and a teacher. He was also Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University, and had also received various honors and awards, including being ASCE's Terzaghi Lecturer in 1985.
James Beaumont Neilson died
James Beaumont Neilson was a Scottish inventor whose hot-blast process greatly increased the efficiency of smelting iron. During the early 19th century, ironworkers in Great Britain believed that a blast of cold air was the most efficient method for smelting iron. Neilson demonstrated that the opposite was true. His idea, first tested at the Clyde Ironworks, Glasgow, was patented in 1828. Use of the hot blast tripled iron output per ton of coal and permitted the profitable recovery of iron from lower-grade ores. It also made possible the efficient use of raw coal and lower grades of coal instead of coke and permitted the construction of larger smelting furnaces.
1586 Tensho earthquake
The 1586 Tensho earthquake occurred in Japan on January 18, 1586 at 23:00 local time. This earthquake had an estimated MJMA of 7.9, and an epicenter in Honshu's Chubu region. It caused the deaths of an estimated 8,000 people and damaged 10,000 houses across the prefectures of Toyama, Hyogo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Mie, Aichi, Gifu, Fukui, Ishikawa and Shizuoka. Historical documentation of this earthquake is limited because it occurred during the Sengoku period.
