I-5 Skagit River bridge collapse
A span of the bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River in the U.S. state of Washington collapsed. Three people in two different vehicles fell into the river below and were rescued by boat, escaping serious injury. The cause of the catastrophic failure was determined to be an oversize load striking several of the bridge's overhead support beams, leading to an immediate collapse of the northernmost span.
The Pinnacle (Guangzhou) was completed
Located in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, The Pinnacle is the fourth-tallest building in Guangzhou. Its height is 360 m (1,180 ft) and it has 60 floors.
Mount Cleveland eruption
Mount Cleveland (also known as Cleveland Volcano) is a nearly symmetrical stratovolcano on the western end of Chuginadak Island, Alaska. Mt. Cleveland is 5,675 ft (1,730 m) high, and one of the most active of the 75 or more volcanoes in the larger Aleutian Arc. Aleutian natives named the island after their fire goddess, Chuginadak, who they believed inhabited the volcano.
Grand Hotel Bucharest opened
The Grand Hotel Bucharest is a 24-story 87 m (285 ft) high-rise five-star hotel situated near University Square, Bucharest, in Sector 1. At the time, it was the second tallest building in the city, after the House of the Free Press. Although it no longer holds that title today, it is still the tallest hotel in Bucharest.
New York Public Library opened
The New York Public Library is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress) and the fourth largest in the world.
James Buchanan Eads was born
American civil engineer and inventor James Buchanan Eads was the first U.S. citizen awarded the Albert Medal of the Royal Society of the Arts. He holded more than 50 patents. Eads designed and built the first road and rail bridge to cross the Mississippi River at St. Louis, which was the longest arch bridge in the world when completed.
