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19th century

 * 1899 – The New York Central Railroad leases the Boston and Albany Railroad.

20th century

 * 1919 – The "golden spike" is driven and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $18 million.
 * 1964 – Shin-Sayama Station on what is now Seibu Railway's Seibu Shinjuku Line in Sayama, Saitama, Japan, is opened.
 * 1982 – The Jōetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Tokyo and Niigata.

21st century

 * 2001 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide head-on in Andersonville, Michigan (northwest of Detroit).
 * 2004 – QR Tilt Train Spirit of Townsville derails near Berajondo, Queensland, Australia, due to excessive speed at a curved section of track. None of the 157 people on board died. See Cairns Tilt Train derailment.

Deaths

 * 1989 – William N. Deramus III, president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1949-1957, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 1957-1961, Kansas City Southern Railway 1961-1973, dies (b. 1915).