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19th century

 * 1851 – The Illinois Central Railroad is chartered.
 * 1879 – The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railway begins freight operations.

20th century

 * 1950 – Canadian National Railway gains control of Temiscouata Railway in the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick.

Births

 * 1808 – John Edgar Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1852–1874, is born (d. 1874).
 * 1914 – Benjamin W. Heineman, president of Chicago and North Western Railway 1956–1972, is born (d. 2012).