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19th century

 * 1876 – The Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway opens.

20th century

 * 1917 – United States President Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to nationalize American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration during World War I.
 * 1927 – Ise Railway completes electrification of the Iseden Kambe Line.
 * 1976 – The second American Freedom Train tour ends in Miami, Florida.

21st century

 * 2005 – The first section of Guangzhou Metro Line 4 opens connecting Wanshengwei to Xinzao.

Births

 * 1854 – Charles Frederick Crocker, son of Charles Crocker of California's Big Four railroaders, president of San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad, vice president of Southern Pacific Railroad, is born (d. 1897).

Deaths

 * 1989 – Buck Crump, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, 1955-1964 and 1966, dies (b. 1904).