The Erie Canal was restored
Historic upstate New York Erie Canal runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and goods across the Appalachians. Today it is mainly used by recreational watercraft.
Istanbul Metro opened
Serving the city of Istanbul, Turkey, the Istanbul Metro is a rapid transit railway network which includes 11 lines and 137 stations. The oldest section of the metro (M1 line) opened in 1989.
Leon Moisseiff died
Born in Riga, Latvia (at the time, Russian Empire), to a Jewish family, Leon Solomon Moisseiff was a leading suspension bridge engineer in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. His developments of the theory of suspension bridges are eclipsed by the dramatic failure of the Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge, his design, four months after its completion in 1940.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe died
Anglo-American neoclassical architect Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States. He designed the United States Capitol, on "Capitol Hill" in Washington, D.C., as well as the Old Baltimore Cathedral or The Baltimore Basilica, which is the first Cathedral constructed in the United States for any Christian denomination.
