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19th century

 * 1871 – The New Haven and Derby Railroad, a predecessor of the New Haven Railroad in Connecticut, opens between New Haven and Derby Junction (present day Ansonia).
 * 1872 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, building westward from Newton, Kansas, reaches Great Bend.
 * 1890 – The first section of Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn, connecting Ischl and Strobl, Germany, opens.

20th century

 * 1901 – Queenscliff Junction, in Victoria, Australia, is closed.

Deaths

 * 2012 – Benjamin W. Heineman, president of Chicago and North Western Railway 1956-1972, dies (b. 1914).