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Fast facts: Among San Francisco's skyscrapers, the Russ Building was downtown's largest office tower from 1927, when it was completed, through the 1950s. The largest pyramid in the world is not in Egypt but in Cholulu de Rivadahia, Mexico. It is 177 feet tall and covers 25 acres. It was built sometime between 6 and 12 A.D. As of 1997, there were approximately 450,000 billboards erected nationwide, up from 300,000 in 1965. At a cost of about $1 million, the first planetarium was opened to the public on May 10, 1930. The Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum of Chicago was a present to the city by Max Adler. The local taverns in Vienna are called "Beisl." Griechenbeisl is Vienna's oldest tavern, built around 1350.

 

On this date: In 1730, the first Jewish congregation in the United States consecrated a synagogue in New York. In 1893, The Critic reported that the ice cream soda was the U.S. national drink. In 1952, President Truman seized the steel mills to prevent a strike. In 1974, Hammerin' Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run to break Babe Ruth's career record. In 1986, Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, Calif. In 1991, the Oakland A's stadium became the first outdoor arena with a ban on smoking.

 

Quotable... "We have no interest in dragging it out, but we have to do the job." -Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Israel TV about the campaign to halt suicide bombings.