** Christchurch Castle, a 12th century ruin in the town

** Matilda in The Castle of Otranto – She is determined to give up Theodore, the love of her life, for her cousin ’ s sake.

** Hippolita in The Castle of Otranto-Hippolita is depicted as the obedient wife of her tyrant husband who “ would not only acquiesce with patience to divorce, but would obey, if it was his pleasure, in endeavouring to persuade Isabelle to give him her hand ”.

** Theodore in The Castle of Otranto – he is witty, and successfully challenges the tyrant, saves the virginal maid without expectations

** Manfred in The Castle of Otranto – unjustly accuses Theodore of murdering Conrad.

** Bianca in The Castle of Otranto – a gossip, helps characters get valuable news, provides comic relief

** Diego and Jaquez in The Castle of Otranto – they appear to talk about random things, and argue foolishly with each other in order to lighten the air of the novel.

** Father Jerome in The Castle of Otranto – Jerome, though not evil, is certainly weak as he gives up his son when he is born and leaves his lover.

** Mines of Titan ( 1988, Louis Castle & Brett Sperry )

** ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle ( 1988, Elizabeth Langosy )

** Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle ( 1988, Infocom, interactive computer comic book )

** The United States Post Office Department ( later renamed the United States Postal Service ) begins the 3rd regular airmail service in the world ( between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC ), the 1st being from Allahabad to Naini Junction in India on the 18th February 1911 and the 2nd being from London to Windsor Castle on the 22nd June 1911.

** A fire breaks out in the Bannerman's Castle in the Hudson River ; most of the roof collapses and crashes down to the lower levels.

** Jayne Ann Krentz, née Castle ( Amanda Quick ), American novelist

** Elizabeth II describes this year as an annus horribilis ( horrible year ), due to various scandals damaging the image of the Royal Family, as well as the Windsor Castle fire.

** International Women's Year is launched in Britain by Princess Alexandra and Barbara Castle.

** Takeshi's Castle first aired on TBS.

** After 44 years, Estonian flag is raised to the Pikk Hermann Castle tower.

** Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg is made deputy constable and lieutenant governor of Windsor Castle.

** Mary Bankes, a Royalist in the English Civil War, who defended Corfe Castle ( d. 1661 )

** U. S. officials announce that a hydrogen bomb test ( Castle Bravo ) has been conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

** Castle Acre Priory, and

** Nijō Castle, a castle in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto

** John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle ( d. 1396 )

** Bodiam Castle ( East Sussex, England )

** Abingdon Bridge

** The Benjamin Franklin Bridge across the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey

** New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway

** New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway

** The Bridge by Hart Crane ( 1930 )

** Sin Phyu Shin Bridge approach 7 Approaches to future bridge over Chindwin River near Chaung-U, opened 2004

** " Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 "

** section between Beška Bridge and Grdelica is built to motorway standards.

** The Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens to traffic ( the world's longest suspension bridge at this time ).

** The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens in the US to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.

** In the last mass lynching in the United States, a mob of white men shoot and kill two African-American couples near Moore's Ford Bridge in Georgia.

** Frank Bridge, English composer ( b. 1879 )

** In Florida, the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay.

** The Great Seto Bridge opens to traffic in Japan.

** The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.

** Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge ( aka Marco Polo Bridge Incident ): Japanese forces invade China ( often seen as the beginning of World War II in Asia ).

** The Salazar Bridge ( now the 25 de Abril Bridge ) opens in Lisbon, Portugal.

** Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK ( followed by his movie Leeds Bridge ).

** A section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses into the river below, killing 35 construction workers.

** Elizabeth II opens the modern London Bridge.

** Scott Phillips, American rock drummer ( Creed, Alter Bridge )

** A coroner's jury returns a verdict of suicide on Roberto Calvi, who was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge.

** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.