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1889: Eiffel Tower opened to public.The 984-foot (300-metre) Eiffel Tower, a wrought iron technological masterpiece created by Gustave Eiffel to commemorate the French Revolution, was opened to the public at the Centennial Exposition in Paris this day in 1889.More events on this day1980:American track-and-field legend Jesse Owens died in Phoenix, Arizona. |
1918:Clocks in the United States were set one hour ahead as daylight saving time went into operation for the first time. |
1870:Thomas Peterson-Mundy of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, became the first African American to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
1854:U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry signed the Treaty of Kanagawa in Japan, ending that country's period of seclusion. |
1732:Composer Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria. |
1521:The first Roman Catholic mass in the Philippines was celebrated on the island of Limasawa. |
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