Weesperplein is an underground metro station in the city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Served by lines 51, 53 and 54 of the Amsterdam Metro, the station was constructed using caissons with a length and width of 40 metres (130 ft). The station has two floors, the upper floor featuring a station hall with stores and the lower floor (pictured) containing the tracks. Construction started in August 1970, and the first test rides passed through the station in January 1977. Extensive tests were carried out in September that year before the station opened on 16 October. Another platform below the existing one was used as a fallout shelter until 1999. During a renovation of the emergency exits in 2011, some repairs had to be redone several times due to poor quality work. Weesperplein was renovated again from May 2017 to July 2018, when a new elevator and two more staircases between the hall and tracks were constructed. It was the fifth most used station of the Amsterdam Metro in 2018.
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1891:
Kaʻiulani was appointed heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%CA%BBiulani
1925:
The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%27s_War
1956:
In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet military troops suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's de- Stalinization policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Georgian_demonstrations
1957:
The Mw 8.6 Andreanof Islands earthquake struck Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Andreanof_Islands_earthquake
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