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19th century

 * 1808 – The Washington Bridge Company is granted authority in Washington, D.C., to build the Long Bridge over the Potomac River, a bridge that will eventually be rebuilt to carry the first railroad tracks to cross the river.

20th century

 * 1904 – Service begins on Canadian Pacific Railway's Maniwaki line between Hull, Ontario, and Maniwaki, Quebec.
 * 1986 – 23 people are killed in the Hinton train collision when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National Railway freight train near Hinton, Alberta.
 * 1995 – Southern Pacific Transportation Company announces that Edward L. Moyers, then chairman of the Southern Pacific Company's board of directors, has submitted his resignation citing the advice of his physicians.

Deaths

 * 1905 – Jay Cooke, American financier who built the Northern Pacific Railway, dies (b. 1821).