- 1996: Oscar Niemeyer completes the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil.
- 1976: In the United Kingdom, the brutalist, Royal National Theatre is completed.
- 1931: The Empire State Building celebrates 75th Anniversary
- 1906: Construction begins on the current Great Mosque of Djenné.
- 1806: Arc de Triomphe commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte from Jean Chalgrin.
