2006
23 Marina construction started
The fourth tallest building in Dubai and the sixth tallest residential building in the world, 23 Marina is an 88-story, 392.8 m (1,289 ft) residential skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tower has 57 swimming pools and each duplex in the tower is equipped with its own private elevator.
1907
Jacob Nash Victor died
Jacob Nash Victor was a civil engineer who worked as General Manager of the California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Victor oversaw the construction in the early 1880s of the California Southern between Colton and Barstow, California, including the section that is now one of the busiest rail freight routes in the United States, Cajon Pass. The city of Victorville, California, is named in his honor.
