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| daib0 | 28 Dec 2015, 06:52 AM Post #1 |
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Sunday, December 28, 1879. : The Tay Bridge in Scotland collapsed during a violent storm Tay Bridge, spanning the Firth of Tay in Scotland, was designed by railway engineer Thomas Bouch, and completed in February 1878. The Tay Bridge was nearly two miles long, consisted of 85 spans and at the time of its construction was the longest bridge in the world. Considered a magnificent feat of engineering, its construction earned Bouch a knighthood. During a violent storm on the evening of 28 December 1879, the central navigation spans of the bridge collapsed into the Firth of Tay at Dundee. A train travelling along the single rail track plunged into the firth, killing all people on board. On board was the son-in-law of engineer Bouch. An inquiry into the disaster determined that the piers and wind bracing had not been properly constructed. Sir Thomas Bouch was held chiefly to blame for the collapse in not making adequate allowance for wind loading. Also, the cylindrical cast iron columns supporting the thirteen longest spans of the bridge, which were each 75m in height, were of insufficient quality for their purpose. A second bridge was subsequently built, and opened on 13 July 1887. This bridge is still in use today; stumps of the piers from the original bridge still stand alongside the new bridge, a silent testimony to the tragedy of 1879. ![]() |
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| daib0 | 28 Dec 2015, 07:06 AM Post #2 |
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Also in more recent history 2007 Nepal Nepalese king to be stripped of his sovereignty Dec. 28th , 2007 : King Gyanendra of Nepal has been stripped of his powers on December 28th, after the country's provisional parliament voted to abolish the 239-year-old monarchy. He will remain in his palace until the beginning of 2008, when the decision will be rubber-stamped by the newly elected assembly that is establishing Nepal as a democratic federal republic. 1981 U.S.A. First US Test Tube Baby Dec. 28th , 1981 : The first American born ''test-tube'' baby, conceived in a laboratory dish, has been born in an American hospital. Elizabeth Jordan Carr, weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces and described as ''perfectly healthy,'' was delivered yesterday morning at Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va 1957 Great Britain Foot and Mouth Epidemic Dec. 28th , 1957 : The Foot and Mouth epidemic in Britain reaches an all time high as the Norths largest abattoir is closed down due to 20 cases of foot-and-mouth disease found in carcasses. All remaining cattle, sheep and pigs at the abattoir will now be slaughtered under supervision of Ministry of Agriculture vets. In it's battle against the disease Over 30,000 animals have been slaughtered so far during this epidemic. 1908 Italy Messina Earthquake Dec. 28th , 1908 : The Messina Earthquake a category 7.5 according to today's Richter scale strikes the Straits of Messina in southern Italy, destroying the cities of Messina in Sicily and Reggio di Calabria on the Italian mainland. The earthquake and tsunami it caused killed between 50,000 and 150,000. |
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