The Eton Place Dalian was completed
Eton Place Dalian is a 4-building skyscraper complex in Dalian, China. The tallest tower is 388 m high and has 81 floors.
Suez Canal Bridge opened
The Suez Canal Bridge, also known as the Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge, Al Salam Bridge, Al Salam Peace Bridge or Mubarak Peace Bridge, is a road bridge crossing the Suez Canal at El-Qantara, whose name means "the bridge" in Egyptian Arabic. The bridge links the continents of Africa and Asia. The bridge, which has a 70-metre (229 ft 8 in) clearance over the canal and is 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) long, consists of a 400-metre (1,300 ft) cable-stayed main span and two 1.8-kilometre (1.1 mi) long approach spans. The height of the two main pylons supporting the main span is 154 metres (505 ft) each. The towers were designed in the shape of Pharaonic obelisks.
Hurricane Pauline makes landfall in Puerto Angel
Hurricane Pauline was one of the deadliest Pacific hurricanes to make landfall in Mexico. On October 5, the depression intensified into a tropical storm early the next day and by October 7, Pauline had reached hurricane intensity. It initially moved eastward, then turned northwestward and quickly strengthened to reach peak winds of 135 mph (217 km/h). It paralleled the Mexican coastline a short distance offshore before weakening and making landfall near Puerto Angel, on October 9, and dissipated the next day. Intense flooding and mudslides in some of the poorest areas of Mexico killed between 230 and 500 people, making it one of the deadliest Eastern Pacific storms in recorded history. It left about 300,000 people homeless and caused $447.8 million in damage.
Vajont Dam failure
Located in the municipality of Erto e Casso, 100 km (62 mi) north of Venice, the Vajont Dam or Vaiont Dam is a disused dam in northern Italy. Filling its reservoir caused geological failure in valley wall, leading to 110 km/h landslide into the lake; water escaped in a wave over the top of dam. Valley had been incorrectly assessed as stable. Strictly it was not a dam failure, since the dam structure did not collapse and is still standing. Several villages completely wiped out, leading to a death toll of about 2,000 people.
