On This Day in History
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opens
1964The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, linking Staten Island and Brooklyn, opened to traffic as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time. (Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge)
Also on this day
- 1961 La Ronde, the first U.S. revolving restaurant, opens — La Ronde, the first revolving restaurant in the United States, was inaugurated.
- 1922 Rebecca Latimer Felton becomes the first woman in the U.S. Senate — Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, though only for one day.
- 1620 The Mayflower Compact is signed — The Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, was signed by 41 of the ship's passengers while it lay at anchor in what is now Provincetown Harbor.
- 1977 God Defend New Zealand gains equal anthem status — God Defend New Zealand became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with God Save the King, which had been the traditional anthem since 1840.