This Day in History (1972): New and bigger

From the Sept. 20, 1972, edition of The Arabian Sun

Ras Tanura Generator No. 7, the newest and largest gas turbine generator in the Aramco system, was turned over to Operations early this month. The unit was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Takasago, Japan, and was erected by Industrial Contractors of al-Khobar under the direction of Mitsubishi personnel.

The project was supervised by the Ras Tanura Construction Division engineer W.T. Ashe.

Rated at 27,000 kilowatts, the new unit is the first of 11 scheduled for installation through 1974.

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1973 - Billie Jean King defeat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Astrodome in Houston

1967 - The Cunard Liner "Queen Elizabeth 2" is launched in Clydebank, Scotland

1955 - The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed

1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War Ii

1934 - Italian actress Sophia Loren is born in Rome, Italy

1926 - Bugs Moran attempts to assassinate fellow mobster Al Cope in a drive-by shooting but fails

1917 - The Income War Tax Act received royal sent in Canada, establishing a "temporary" tax, which remains in force today

1893 - Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline powered automobile

1881 - U.S. president Chester A. Arthur is sworn in upon the death of James A. Garfield the previous day

1860 - The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales

1835 - The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil

1586 - A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn, and quartered

1260 - The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights