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class="l-grid lm-grid--detail lm-grid--with-right-rail" itemprop="articleBody"><div class="l-grid--content-body"><header class="m-detail-header mm-detail-header--is-updated mm-detail-header--in-content-well"><div class="m-detail-header--container"><div class="m-detail-header--content"><h1 class="m-detail-header--title" itemprop="headline">Empire State Building dedicated</h1></div></div></header><section class="m-social mm-social--below-header"><ul><li class="m-social--facebook"><a class="m-icon-button m-social--button" aria-label="facebook" rel="noopener" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20190501180423/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Fthis-day-in-history', 'socialSharefacebook', 'width=500,height=500', 'noopener');return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Link facebook" phoenix-adobe-tracker="{"linkName":"Social Share","trackId":"Facebook","trackVars":"eVar13,eVar63,events"}"><phoenix-icon-fallback class="m-svg 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href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york">New York</a> City’s Empire State Building, pressing a button from the <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/topics/white-house">White House</a> that turns on the building’s lights. Hoover’s gesture, of course, was symbolic; while the president remained in <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/washington">Washington</a>, D.C., someone else flicked the switches in New York.</p><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d"><div class="m-header-ad not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d" data-class-rules="[]" data-ad-group="header-0"><div class="m-header-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d"><div id="ad-3da9ce8577f644999a0b77e890fe9fa8"></div></div></div></aside><p>The idea for the Empire State Building is said to have been born of a competition between Walter Chrysler of the Chrysler Corporation and John Jakob Raskob of General Motors, to see who could erect the taller building. Chrysler had already begun work on the famous Chrysler Building, the gleaming 1,046-foot skyscraper in midtown Manhattan. Not to be bested, Raskob assembled a group of well-known investors, including former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith. The group chose the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates to design the building. The Art-Deco plans, said to have been based in large part on the look of a pencil, were also builder-friendly: The entire building went up in just over a year, under budget (at $40 million) and well ahead of schedule. 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Nearly 400 Spanish sailors were killed and 10 Spanish warships wrecked or captured at the cost of only six Americans wounded. The <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-manila-bay"><i>...read more</i></a></p></div></article></phoenix-super-link></div><div class="l-grid--item"><phoenix-super-link href="/this-day-in-history/labour-party-returns-to-power-in-britain"><article class="m-card mm-card--text-only mm-card--type-list" role="article"><div class="m-card--media"></div><div class="m-card--content"><div class="m-card--label"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-interest" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Label">General Interest</a></div><div class="m-card--label mm-card--tdih-year"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/labour-party-returns-to-power-in-britain">1997</a></div><phoenix-ellipsis class="m-ellipsis m-card--header"><a onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Title" href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/labour-party-returns-to-power-in-britain"><h2 class="m-ellipsis--text m-card--header-text" role="heading" aria-level="2">Labour party returns to power in Britain</h2></a></phoenix-ellipsis><p class="m-card--body">After 18 years of Conservative rule, British voters give the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, a landslide victory in British parliamentary elections. 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class="m-card--body">North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri City, the first provincial capital taken during their ongoing offensive. The fall of the city effectively gave the communists control of the entire province of Quang Tri. As the North Vietnamese prepared to continue their attack to the <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-troops-capture-quang-tri"><i>...read more</i></a></p></div></article></phoenix-super-link></div><div class="l-grid--item"><phoenix-super-link href="/this-day-in-history/rickey-henderson-breaks-stolen-base-record"><article class="m-card mm-card--text-only mm-card--type-list" role="article"><div class="m-card--media"></div><div class="m-card--content"><div class="m-card--label"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sports" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Label">Sports</a></div><div class="m-card--label mm-card--tdih-year"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rickey-henderson-breaks-stolen-base-record">1991</a></div><phoenix-ellipsis class="m-ellipsis m-card--header"><a onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Title" href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rickey-henderson-breaks-stolen-base-record"><h2 class="m-ellipsis--text m-card--header-text" role="heading" aria-level="2">Rickey Henderson breaks MLB stolen base record</h2></a></phoenix-ellipsis><p class="m-card--body">On May 1, 1991, Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 939th base to break Lou Brock’s record for stolen bases in a career. Henderson stole a total of 1,406 bases in his major league career, almost 500 more than the next closest player. Henderson was also the <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rickey-henderson-breaks-stolen-base-record"><i>...read more</i></a></p></div></article></phoenix-super-link></div><div class="l-grid--item"><phoenix-super-link href="/this-day-in-history/herbert-hoover-dedicates-empire-state-building"><article class="m-card mm-card--text-only mm-card--type-list" role="article"><div class="m-card--media"></div><div class="m-card--content"><div class="m-card--label"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/presidential" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Label">Presidential</a></div><div class="m-card--label mm-card--tdih-year"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/herbert-hoover-dedicates-empire-state-building">1931</a></div><phoenix-ellipsis class="m-ellipsis m-card--header"><a onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Title" href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/herbert-hoover-dedicates-empire-state-building"><h2 class="m-ellipsis--text m-card--header-text" role="heading" aria-level="2">Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building</h2></a></phoenix-ellipsis><p class="m-card--body">On this day in 1931, President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City’s Empire State Building and presses a button that turns on the building’s electrical lights. 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His father, a Russian immigrant who drove a bakery delivery truck, died when Heller was five. 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He also had 18 operas to his name, but none <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mozarts-le-nozze-di-figaro-premieres-in-vienna"><i>...read more</i></a></p></div></article></phoenix-super-link></div></div></section><section class="m-adaptive-ad-component m-component-stack"><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d" data-ad-group="below_content-1"><phoenix-ad class="m-ad not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d m-in-content-ad--slot" config="{"adHtml":"","adReloaderDelay":0,"maxAdReloads":5,"adReloaderSizeCodes":null,"adCloseButton":false,"bonusConfig":null,"classRules":[{"dimensions":["0x0"],"classes":["m-advertisement--fluid-card","m-advertisement--fluid-list-card"]}],"localizedPhrases":{"advertisement_legend":"ADVERTISEMENT","outstream_clickout":"Visit Website","outstream_thanks":"Thanks for 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href="/this-day-in-history/citizen-kane-released"><article class="m-card mm-card--text-only mm-card--type-list" role="article"><div class="m-card--media"></div><div class="m-card--content"><div class="m-card--label"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/topics/art-history" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Label">Art, Literature, and Film History</a></div><div class="m-card--label mm-card--tdih-year"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/citizen-kane-released">1941</a></div><phoenix-ellipsis class="m-ellipsis m-card--header"><a onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Title" href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/citizen-kane-released"><h2 class="m-ellipsis--text m-card--header-text" role="heading" aria-level="2">“Citizen Kane” released</h2></a></phoenix-ellipsis><p class="m-card--body">Months before its release, Orson Welles’ landmark film Citizen Kane began generating such controversy that Radio City Music Hall eventually refused to show it. Instead, Citizen Kane, now revered as one of the greatest movies in history, made its debut at the smaller RKO Palace <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/citizen-kane-released"><i>...read more</i></a></p></div></article></phoenix-super-link></div><div class="l-grid--item"><phoenix-super-link href="/this-day-in-history/record-breaking-tornado-wave-begins"><article class="m-card mm-card--text-only mm-card--type-list" role="article"><div class="m-card--media"></div><div class="m-card--content"><div class="m-card--label"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/disaster" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Label">Disaster</a></div><div class="m-card--label mm-card--tdih-year"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/record-breaking-tornado-wave-begins">2003</a></div><phoenix-ellipsis class="m-ellipsis m-card--header"><a onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Title" href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/record-breaking-tornado-wave-begins"><h2 class="m-ellipsis--text m-card--header-text" role="heading" aria-level="2">Record-breaking tornado wave begins across the southern and midwestern United States</h2></a></phoenix-ellipsis><p class="m-card--body">A record-breaking wave of tornadoes begins across the southern and midwestern United States on this day in 2003. By the time the wave is over, more than 500 tornadoes are recorded for the month, shattering the previous record by more than 100. The amazing spate of twisters <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/record-breaking-tornado-wave-begins"><i>...read more</i></a></p></div></article></phoenix-super-link></div><div class="l-grid--item"><phoenix-super-link href="/this-day-in-history/former-nba-all-star-indicted"><article class="m-card mm-card--text-only mm-card--type-list" role="article"><div class="m-card--media"></div><div class="m-card--content"><div class="m-card--label"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/topics/crime" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Label">Crime</a></div><div class="m-card--label mm-card--tdih-year"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-nba-all-star-indicted">2002</a></div><phoenix-ellipsis class="m-ellipsis m-card--header"><a onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Title" href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-nba-all-star-indicted"><h2 class="m-ellipsis--text m-card--header-text" role="heading" aria-level="2">Former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams indicted for manslaughter</h2></a></phoenix-ellipsis><p class="m-card--body">On May 1, 2002, former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams was indicted on a series of charges, including aggravated manslaughter, in connection with the shooting death of limousine driver Costas Christofi at Williams’ estate on February 14. Williams enjoyed a successful NBA career with <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-nba-all-star-indicted"><i>...read more</i></a></p></div></article></phoenix-super-link></div><div class="l-grid--item"><phoenix-super-link href="/this-day-in-history/battle-of-chancellorsville-begins"><article class="m-card mm-card--text-only mm-card--type-list" role="article"><div class="m-card--media"></div><div class="m-card--content"><div class="m-card--label"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Label">Civil War</a></div><div class="m-card--label mm-card--tdih-year"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-chancellorsville-begins">1863</a></div><phoenix-ellipsis class="m-ellipsis m-card--header"><a onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Title" href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-chancellorsville-begins"><h2 class="m-ellipsis--text m-card--header-text" role="heading" aria-level="2">Battle of Chancellorsville begins</h2></a></phoenix-ellipsis><p class="m-card--body">On this day in 1863, the Battle of Chancellorsville begins in Virginia. Earlier in the year, General Joseph Hooker led the Army of the Potomac into Virginia to confront Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Hooker had recently replaced Ambrose Burnside, who presided over the <a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-chancellorsville-begins"><i>...read more</i></a></p></div></article></phoenix-super-link></div><div class="l-grid--item"><phoenix-super-link href="/this-day-in-history/american-u-2-spy-plane-shot-down"><article class="m-card mm-card--text-only mm-card--type-list" role="article"><div class="m-card--media"></div><div class="m-card--content"><div class="m-card--label"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war" onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Label">Cold War</a></div><div class="m-card--label mm-card--tdih-year"><a href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-u-2-spy-plane-shot-down">1960</a></div><phoenix-ellipsis class="m-ellipsis m-card--header"><a onclick="return phoenixTrackClickEvent(this, event);" phx-track-id="Title" href="/web/20190501180423/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-u-2-spy-plane-shot-down"><h2 class="m-ellipsis--text m-card--header-text" role="heading" aria-level="2">American U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union</h2></a></phoenix-ellipsis><p class="m-card--body">An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was scheduled for later that month. 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