veto definition. The power of a president or governor to reject a bill proposed by a legislature by refusing to sign it into law. The president or governor actually writes the word veto (Latin for âI forbidâ) on the bill and sends it back to the legislature with a statement of his or her objections.
Over the course of the construction of the Empire State Building, five workers died. One worker was hit by a vehicle; a second fell from an elevator shaft; a third was struck â¦and killed by a hoist; a fourth died in a blast area; and a fifth died falling off a scaffold.
1930: On March 17, construction of the Empire State Building begins. Under the direction of architects Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates, the framework rises 4 Â½ stories per week. 1931: On May 1, President Hoover presses a button in Washington, D.C. officially opening and turning on the Empire State Buildingâs lights. 1933: The movie King Kong is released in New York City on March 2. 1945: A B-25 Bomber crashes into the 79th floor of ESB during heavy fog on a Saturday morning. The buildingâs construction limits the spread of fire and despite a 20-foot gash, the Empire State Building is open for business-as-usual on Monday. 1950: ESB gets an antenna tower that is over 200 feet tall.