2015 Event Construction workers discover an unexploded bomb from World War II near Wembley Stadium in London; after evacuations near the site, explosives specialists safely defused and removed the threat 2013 Event In Belize, a construction company requiring road fill gravel destroys a 2,300 year-old Mayan pyramid 2013 Event Caterpillar, a heavy construction equipment manufacturer, announces plans to lay off 300 additional employees at its Decatur, Illinois facility by July 2013 2012 Event A fire breaks out in the Tamweel Tower, one of about 80 towers built or still under construction in the Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai 2012 Event Construction of The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), the world's biggest optical telescope is approved 2012 Event Sweden's media reports the country is helping Saudi Arabia plan the construction of a weapons factory 2011 Event Protestors demonstrating against the construction of a power plant in Haimen, southern China, are fired upon with teargas and arrested 2010 Event A construction site in London reveals a Roman settlement filled with ancient artifacts and human remains 2010 Event Israel restricts a blacklist of weapons, construction materials and other items but drops all other restrictions on the free flow of consumer goods into the Gaza strip 2010 Event China's Premier, Wen Jiabao visits migrant workers at a Beijing construction site and declares the need for better treatment of the country's migrant workers 1993 Event Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1990 Event Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years 1987 Event 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct 1973 Event President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline 1972 Event Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle 1971 Event Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome 1971 Birthday Missy Elliot, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, producer, recording artist, double platinum album 'Under Construction', produced music for Mya, Beyonce, Lil' Kim 1971 Event Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil 1970 Event Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street 1969 Event Walt Disney World construction begins 1968 Event Belgian construction workers strike 1967 Event Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) 1966 Event Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1966 Event Dutch police beat construction workers, 60 injured 1965 Event Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland 1961 Event Construction on Berlin Wall completed 1961 Event Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany 1960 Event Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) 1958 Event Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor 1956 Birthday Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction 1955 Event Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters 1955 Event Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities 1942 Event Construction of the Alaska Highway began 1938 Event Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins 1937 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 1937 Event 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) 1936 Event Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins 1935 Birthday Richard H Hunt, born in Chicago, sculptor, Pyramidal Construction 1930 Event Construction begins on Boulder Dam 1930 Event Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium 1929 Event Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier 1927 Event Construction of Spirit of St. Louis is completed 1926 Birthday Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction 1922 Event Construction begins on Yankee Stadium 1920 Event Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City 1914 Event Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco) 1913 Event Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF 1909 Event Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins 1909 Event Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv) 1907 Event Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral 1903 Event Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn 1902 Event 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City) 1901 Event Construction begins on New York Stock Exchange 1899 Event Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway 1898 Event 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike 1884 Event Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) 1880 Event Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) 1873 Event Construction begins on Clay St. (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad 1870 Event Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883 1870 Event Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins 1862 Event U.S. begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad 1852 Event Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die 1828 Event Construction begins on B and O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st U.S. passenger RR 1817 Event Construction on Erie Canal begins 1775 Event Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet 1773 Event Construction authorized for Walnut St. jail in Philadelphia 1595 Event Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe 1248 Event Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun
