Patel Dam failure
Located near the township of Solai, Nakuru County, in Kenya's Rift Valley, the Patel Milmet Dam was a privately owned embankment dam. The dam burst burst amid heavy rains in the evening of 9 May 2018, killing at least 48 people.
Parliament House, Canberra inaugurated
Parliament House, also referred to as Capital Hill or simply Parliament, is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, and the seat of the legislative branch of the Australian Government.
Henry Bachtold died
Henry Bachtold was an Australian soldier and railway engineer. Bachtold commanded the engineers of the 5th Australian Division in 1917-18 and the engineers of the 3rd Australian Division in 1918. Later he was appointed as Assistant Chief Civil Engineer at the Department of Railways New South Wales.
Prague Metro Line C opened
Prague Metro's oldest and most used line was opened on May 9, 1974. The line is 22.41 kilometres (13.92 mi) long and includes 20 stations.
James Laurie was born
American engineer and one of the founders of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) James Laurie was born in Scotland but he moved to Boston when he was 21 years old. He performed surveying, bridge design, and route design for a number of railroads in New England. He was appointed president of ASCE for two years and was the first to present a paper to the society.
Gaspard Monge was born
Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, the mathematical basis of technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry. He was also involved in the reform of the French educational system, helping to found the École Polytechnique.
