The Astrodome opened
The Astrodome stadium is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, USA.
1947 Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes
Tornadoes spawned by a single supercell swept through the US states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, killing at least 181 people and injuring more than 980. The most destructive tornado, rated F5 on the Fujita scale, traveled nearly 125 miles from Texas to Oklahoma, with the town of Woodward suffering the most damage.
Ebbets Field opened
The Ebbets Field Major League Baseball stadium in Brooklyn, New York, was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers and five professional football teams, including three NFL teams.
Jan Pawel Lelewel died
Jan Pawel Lelewel was a Polish military and civil engineer, builder, and painter. In 1823, he was responsible for the rebuilding works at Zamosc Fortress. Subsequently, he took part in the building of Augustow Canal. He took part in Polish November Uprising, in which he was in charge of maintaining fortifications in Praga, then a suburb of Warsaw. He began his military duty as a captain and ended it as a lieutenant colonel.
UK National Gallery re-opened in Trafalgar Square new building
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Housing a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900, the UK National Gallery was established in 1824 and moved on its present dedicated location in Trafalgar Square in 1838.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born
English civil engineer and mechanical engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born in 1806. He is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history" and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, who changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".
