2016 ⟶ Gotthard Base Tunnel Completion

June 1: The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and de...
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🚗 François Isaac de Rivaz Designs Hydrogen-Powered Automobile

François Isaac de Rivaz designs the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen.⟶
François Isaac de Rivaz Designs Hydrogen-Powered Automobile (1807)
TransportationAutomobileInternal Combustion Engine
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

🖱️ Capacitive Touchscreen Developed at CERN

The first capacitive touchscreen is developed at CERN.⟶
Capacitive Touchscreen Developed at CERN (1973)
ComputingCERNElectronics
SwitzerlandSwitzerland

🚄 Channel Tunnel Construction Begins

Construction of the Channel Tunnel begins.⟶
Channel Tunnel Construction Begins (1988)
InfrastructureTransportationEuropean UnionConstruction
United KingdomUnited KingdomFranceFrance

🚄 Channel Tunnel Opens

May 6: Opening of the Channel Tunnel.⟶
Channel Tunnel Opens (1994)
InfrastructureTransportationEuropean UnionConstructionTrade
United KingdomUnited KingdomFranceFrance

🌉 Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge Opens

The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, the world's longest, opens in China.⟶
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge Opens (2011)
InfrastructureTransportationConstructionRailways
ChinaChina

🚇 Gotthard Base Tunnel Completion

June 1: The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is completed.⟶
Gotthard Base Tunnel Completion (2016)
TransportationRailwaysInfrastructureModernizationConstruction
SwitzerlandSwitzerland