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Events

January events

• January 11 - The Boston & Maine runs its first “Snow Train” for skiers and other winter vacationers.

January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Boston & Maine (AAR reporting mark BM), also known by the abbreviation B&M, was the dominant railroad of the northern New England region of the United States for a century. ...

May events

• May 24 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inaugurates the first air conditioned passenger train, the Columbian, between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.

Jump to: navigation, search May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1876 map The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... This article is about trains in rail transport. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jersey Citys skyline from Hoboken, New Jersey. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

September events

• September 12 - Just outside of Bucharest, a bomb planted by a Hungarian Fascist destroys a section of the Biotobargy Viaduct, plunging the Orient Express into the ravine below. Twenty people are killed. Entertainer Josephine Baker, one of the surviving passengers, gives an impromptu concert to calm other survivors.

Jump to: navigation, search September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... The Dâmboviţa River in central Bucharest Along a small tributary of Dâmboviţa, named Colentina, several lakes stretch across the city, the most important being Lake Floreasca, Lake Tei and Lake Colentina. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Poster advertising the Orient Express Orient Express is the name of a long-distance passenger train originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. ... Josephine Baker, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Josephine Baker (June 3, 1908 - April 12, 1975), born Freda Josephine McDonald, was an African American dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as The Black Venus. ...

November events

• November 12 - The Smithsonian Institution commemorates the 100th birthday of the John Bull by operating its mechanism with compressed air.

Jump to: navigation, search November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ... The John Bull, c. ...

Unknown date events

• Ernest Lemon succeeds Henry Fowler as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

Sir Ernest John Hutchings Lemon (9 December 1884-15 December 1954) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and later its Vice-President. ... Several persons have been named Henry Fowler: Henry the Fowler (876 — 936), a German king. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...

Births

Unknown date births

• Nelson W. Bowers, president of the National Railway Historical Society (1983-1987) (d. 2004).

Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths