An idea floated by a Hollywood business leader in 1953 came to
fruition on February 8, 1960, when construction began on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame—today one of the Los Angeles area’s
main tourist attractions.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame’s history goes back to 1953, when
E.M. Stuart, volunteer president of the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce, proposed building the Walk as a means to “maintain
the glory of a community whose name means glamour and
excitement in the four corners of the world.

The first star to be laid in the new Walk was that of Stanley
Kramer on March 28, 1960, near the intersection of Hollywood
and Gower.

Stanley Earl Kramer
(September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001)

One week after the Mayflower was anchored at Plymouth harbor
in present-day Massachusetts, construction of the first permanent European settlement in New England began.

Painting depicting the laying of the cornerstone by President George Washington.

The cornerstone was laid for a presidential residence in the
newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C. In 1800,
President John Adams became the first president to reside
in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the
“White House” because its white-gray Virginia freestone
contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings.

The initial construction took place over a period of eight
years, at a reported cost of $232,371.83.

John Adams
(October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826)

The White House in 1800.

On March 15, 1968, construction started on the north tunnel of
the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel on Interstate 70 in
Colorado, some 60 miles west of Denver.

Located at an elevation of more than 11,000 feet, the project was
an engineering marvel and became the world’s highest vehicular
tunnel when it was completed in 1979. Four months after opening,
one million vehicles had passed through the tunnel; today, some
10 million vehicles drive through it each year.

On January 5, 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate
Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet
of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages.

On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened, Celebrations lasted for a week! Vehicles were not permitted to cross on the first
day, so 200,000 people made their way across the bridge on foot
or roller skaters. The day after it opened, President Roosevelt, who
was in Washington D.C., had pushed a button that allowed vehicles across the bridge.