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Timeline of Events

Year	Month	Day	Event
1791	Aug	26	John Fitch Granted Patent For Steamboat
1829	Oct	08	Stephenson Wins The Rainhill Trials
1834	Oct	09	Dublin And Kingston Railway Opens In Ireland
1837	Jul	04	Railway Between Birmingham And Liverpool Opens
1845	Jan	01	NYC: Cobble Hill Tunnel Completed
1850	Mar	05	Britannia Bridge In Wales Is Opened
1851	Dec	22	India's First Freight Train Operates
1853	Dec	30	U.S. Buys Gadsden Land From Mexico
1859	May	04	Cornwall Railway Opens
1860	Sep	30	Britain's First Tram Service Begins
1865	Jul	31	Opening Of First Narrow Gauge Mainline Railway In Australia
1873	Aug	02	First Cable Car Run In San Francisco
1885	Sep	29	First Public Electric Tram In Blackpool
1893	Sep	20	Duryea, Brother, Test American-made Gasoline-powered Automobile
1894	Jan	01	Manchester Ship Officially Opened
1897	May	22	Thames's Blackwall Tunnell Opened
1897	Dec	06	London Hosts Licensed Taxicabs
1908	Oct	01	Ford Model T Goes On Sale
1913	Oct	09	Steamship SS Volturno Catches Fire
1913	Oct	31	Indianapolis Streetcar Strike, Riot Begins
1914	Aug	05	Cleveland: First Electric Traffic Light Installed
1917	Jan	28	Streetcars Appear In San Francisco
1924	Dec	19	Last Silver Ghost Rolls Sold In London
1929	Oct	30	Stuttgart Cable Care Constructed In Germany
1931	Mar	26	Swissair Is Switzerland National Airline
1931	Apr	14	The First Highway Code Was Formed By Great Britain
1940	Jul	06	Australia's Longest Cantilever Bridge Opened
1943	Oct	17	Burma Railway Completed
1956	Jun	29	Federal-Aid Highway Act Signed
1962	Aug	20	NS Savannah Embarks On Maiden Voyage
1963	Mar	27	Beeching Calls For Cuts To UK's Rail Network
1964	Nov	21	Longest Suspension Bridge Verrazano-Narrows Opens
1966	Sep	09	Johnson Signs Motor Vehicle Safety Act
1967	Mar	18	The Supertanker Torrey Canyon Runs Aground
1967	Sep	03	Sweden Law Changes Side To Drive On
1968	Feb	01	Penn Central Connects PA To NY
1971	May	01	Amtrak Takes Over U.S. Passenger Rail
1972	Sep	11	San Fran Transit System Begins Service
1976	Mar	27	4.6 Miles Of Washington Metro Opens
1978	Aug	10	Urlich Family Accident Leads To Ford Pinto Lawsuit
1979	Sep	30	MTR Commences With Kwun Tong Line
1979	Oct	01	Hong Kong's Rapid Transit Railway Opens
1984	Feb	03	STS-41-B Launched Using Space Shuttle Challenger
1990	May	18	French TGV Train Fastest Ever At 515.3 Km/h
1990	Dec	01	United Kingdom And France Channel Tunnel Sections
1995	Oct	28	289 Killed, 265 Injured In Baku Metro Fire
2004	Apr	01	Korea Train Express Connects Seoul To Dongdaegu
2004	Apr	29	Oldsmobile Builds Its Final Car
2005	Apr	25	Japan Rail Crash Kills 107
2012	Feb	26	Train Derails In Burlington, Ontario
2013	Oct	29	Europe And Asia Connect Through Tunnel
2013	Dec	09	7 Dead, 63 Injured In Train Accident In Indonesia

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