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.
When the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world-standing at 1,250 feet tall.This building not only became an icon of New York City, it became a symbol of twentieth century man's attempts to achieve the impossible.hen the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world-standing at 1,250 feet tall.