The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened on 19 March 1932. It is the tallest steel arch bridge in the world, measuring 134 m from the top to the water level.
The four massive concrete and granite pylons serve no structural purpose. They were added to calm public concerns about the structural integrity of the design.
In 1967, actor Sidney Poitier starred in three successful films, all of which dealt with issues involving race: To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. He was the top box-office star of that year.
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Sir Peckham Micklethwait was created a baronet in honour of his having rescued Princess (later Queen) Victoria when her horse bolted during a visit to Hastings in 1834.
Vincente Del Bosque was created a Marquis for coaching Spain to the World Cup in 2010.
The San Francisco Giants were the first National League team to win as many as three World Series within five years. Before the Giants’ championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014, the St. Louis Cardinals won in the WWII years, 1942, 1944 and 1946.
King Louis IX of France is also known as St. Louis.
The Cathedral Basilica St. Louis is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Its superstructure was built between 1907 and 1914. It is celebrating its 100 year anniversary this year. The Cathedral has one of the largest collections of mosaics in the western hemisphere. It is also located in the land hemisphere.
St. Louis Cathedral stands over Jackson Square in New Orleans, named Place d’Armes by the French colonizers of Louisiana.
This morning (Sunday 9 November) is the feast of the dedication of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, the cathedral church of Rome.
Tomorrow, Monday 10 November, is the 239th birthday of the US Marine Corps.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The city flag of Berlin, Germany, shows a standing black bear facing left and slightly off-center on a white horizontal field, with narrower horizontal red stripes across the top and bottom.
CABARET is based on the John Van Druten play I AM A CAMERA, which was based on Christopher Isherwood’s novellas GOODBYE TO BERLIN and MR. NORRIS CHANGES TRAINS.
The Buggles song “I Am a Camera” is a shortened and reworked version of “Into the Lens” by Yes, from the 1980 album Drama, the only Yes album for which Trevor Horn sang lead vocals.
The Simon and Garfunkel hit, “I Am a Rock” was first performed by Paul Simon alone and released in 1965 only in the United Kingdom. Simon and Garfunkel re-recorded it and released it in 1966, and that version is more popular and more commonly known.
There was a gap of almost exactly seven centuries between Pope Paul I (757 - 767) and Pope Paul II (1464 - 1471).
As a result of the Gregorian calendar reforms century years are leap years only if they are divisible by 400.
This means that three times out of every four hundred years there are eight years between leap years.
The Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 AD, defines the average year length to be 365.2428125 days. The approximate error in this calendar is 1 day every 3236 years.
(Source: USNO, as quoted on Brad's Astronomy Pages | Western Washington University)