This Day in History (1975): Four-Lane Highway in the Making

From the June 11, 1975, edition of The Arabian Sun

Traffic is moving a little slower now on the stretch of road between the Aramco Administration Building and the Oil Exhibit, where work is in progress to widen the highway to two lanes in each direction.

The new highway will probably be completed by the end of July, but until that time, delays and inconveniences are a fact of life that should not be alleviated by driving off the road -- which could result in anything for a flat tire to a major accident.

Drivers are requested to cooperate with signalmen who are moving traffic along as quickly as possible.

Also on this date

2010 — The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa

2008 — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially apologizes to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school

2002 — Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the inventor of the telephone by the U.S. Congress

1998 — Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.

1987 — Diane Abbot, Paul Boateng, and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain

1971 — The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control

1962 — Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island

1936 — The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens

1920 — During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, GOP leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the phrase "smoke-filled room"

1919 — Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown

1895 — Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, often called the first automobile race in history, takes place