2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama restores the Native American name of Alaska's Mount McKinley, the tallest North American peak; the mountain will revert to its former name of Denali 2014 Event One World Trade Center opens today, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States 2012 Event Europe's tallest, habitable, free-standing structure, The Shard, which stands at 1,016 feet (309.6 metres) officially opens in London, England 2012 Event The nearly finished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State Building as the tallest building in New York City 2012 Event Progress is made on the U.K. and European Union's tallest building when the spire of the Shard London Bridge is put in place 1993 Event 2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center bombed, 7 die 1982 Death Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17 1976 Event CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure, 555 m, opens 1974 Event World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed 1974 Event Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories) 1973 Event Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building finished 1965 Event London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England 1964 Birthday Zeng Jinlian, born in Hunan, China, became tallest woman known, 2.46 m, 8'1" 1952 Birthday Tom Burleson, USA, basketball, tallest Olympian-7'4", Silver Medal 1972 Olympics 1940 Death Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32 1923 Event ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower 1918 Birthday Robert Wadlow, Alton, Illinois, tallest known human, 2.72 m, 8' 11.1"
