📅 Sydney Harbour Bridge opens (1932)
Where: Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia
📅 On This Day: March 19
March 19, 1932: Sydney Harbour Bridge opens. On 19 March 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia opened. Because of its huge arch, it is nicknamed "the Coathanger". Huge crowds walked across it that day, and today it is famous for its New Year's Eve fireworks.
✨ More events on this day
- 1918 🔬 The US Congress set up official time zones across the country, so clocks in each region agree, just as the globe is divided into slices of time.
- 1933 🎨 Animator Richard Williams was born in Canada; he led the animation of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and wrote a famous guidebook for young animators.
- 1943 🔬 Mexican chemist Mario Molina was born; he discovered that some spray-can gases were harming the ozone layer, which led countries to ban them.
🧠 Question of the day
What is the Sydney Harbour Bridge's nickname?
- The Coathanger
- The Kangaroo
- The Rainbow
Show the answer
Answer: The Coathanger
🎂 Landmarks that opened on March 19
Questions
What happened on March 19?
March 19, 1932: Sydney Harbour Bridge opens. It happened in Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia.
Which landmarks opened on March 19?
Maputo Central Railway Station (inaugurated 1910).
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