2015 Event Russia accuses the U.S. of potentially 'destabilizing' Ukraine by sending paratroopers to train reserve military forces; though a cease fire agreement between Ukrainian pro-government and Russian-backed rebel forces is in place, fighting continues 2014 Event The United States and allied forces end the combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; about 13,000 troops will stay to train Afghan police and military forces in their fight against the Taliban 2014 Event Ukraine exchanges 222 rebel prisoners for 150 Ukrainian soldiers held by separatist forces; for security reasons, the nation also blockades Crimea, the region annexed by Russia, by stopping bus and train service to and from the area 2014 Event President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations 2012 Event Egypt's minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigns after a school bus carrying 60 schoolchildren is hit by a train near Manfalut, 230 miles south of Cairo 2012 Event A Union Pacific train strikes a parade float in Midland, Teas, killing four people and injuring 17 others 2012 Event California's Senate holds a vote to approve the funding for a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco 2010 Event Jakarta launches female train carriages in an effort to reduce incidents of public sexual harassment 2010 Event In Sichuan, China, massive flooding sweeps two passenger train carriages into the river 2010 Event At last count, 76 people are dead while hundreds have disappeared after a train crash in the Republic of Congo caused the train to fall into a ravine 2009 Event A train travelling through heavy rain in Hua Hin in southern Thailand, is derailed, killing serval people and injuring dozens 2004 Event Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings 2004 Event At least 170 die in train bombings in Madrid 2002 Event Stove mishap sets Egyption train on fire, kills over 360 people 1997 Event Japanese Maglev train builders claim world speed record at 332 MPH 1997 Event Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph 1997 Event 11th Soul Train Music Awards 1996 Event 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men 1995 Event "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902) 1995 Event 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win 1995 Event Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) 1994 Event Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street New York City 1994 Death Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62 1994 Event Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station 1994 Event Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed 1994 Event Train crash in Havana Cuba, 6 killed 1994 Event Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13 1994 Event 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win 1994 Event Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 1993 Event Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed 1993 Event 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride 1993 Event 7th Soul Train Music Awards 1992 Event New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train 1992 Event 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and 'Color Me Badd' win 1991 Event Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die 1991 Event 42 die in a train collision is Japan 1991 Event 5th Soul Train Music Awards 1990 Event Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die 1990 Event Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die 1990 Event 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson 1990 Event 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia 1989 Event France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph 1989 Event 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker 1988 Death Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 1988 Event Train crash in Zeeland, Netherlands, kills 2 1988 Event 2nd Soul Train Music Awards 1987 Event 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross 1987 Event 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md 1985 Event 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California 1985 Event Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed 1985 Event 5 die in a train crash in Westminster, Colorado 1985 Event 4 die in a car and train crash in Buda Ill 1985 Event Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428 1984 Event Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on New York City subway train 1984 Event 5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont 1983 Event 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas 1982 Event Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed 1981 Event French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 1981 Event Bernhard Goetz is assault for 1st time on a New York subway train 1980 Event Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed 1980 Event Train crash at Winsum, 9 die 1979 Event Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die 1977 Event U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C. 1977 Event Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland 1977 Event Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11 1977 Event Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto a Chicago Street (11 die, 200 hurt) 1976 Event Train collision at Goes, Netherlands, 7 die 1976 Death Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58 1976 Event Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24 1975 Event 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed 1975 Death Evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75 1975 Event Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1975 Event 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 1974 Event Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed 1974 Event Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 1974 Death Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train 1973 Event BART starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service 1973 Event Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train 1973 Event 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St. Station 1972 Event 45 die in a train crash in Chicago, Illinois 1972 Event 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico 1972 Event Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa) 1972 Event Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die 1972 Event Last train run between Penrith to Keswick United Kingdom 1971 Event 11 die in a train crash in Salem, Illinois 1971 Event Train crash at Duivendrecht, Netherlands, 5 die 1970 Event Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die 1967 Event Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed N.Y. - Chicago luxury train 1967 Event Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 in New Hampshire 1967 Event Train crash at Arnhem, Netherlands, kills 5 1967 Event Train crash at Beesd, 2 die 1967 Death Frank McGrath, actor (Wagon Train), dies at 64 1966 Event 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass 1965 Birthday Vinnie Jones, born in Watford, England, professional soccer player, midfielder, won 1988 FA Cup Final with Wimbledon, actor, appeared in 'The Midnight Meat Train' 1964 Birthday Rockin' Jeff, rocker, The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train 1964 Birthday Andrew, rocker, The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train 1964 Event 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81 1964 Birthday Hamish, rocker, The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train 1964 Event Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die 1964 Event 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" 1964 Event Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars 1963 Event Train crash in Japan, kills 164 1963 Event 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train 1963 Event 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) 1963 Event Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32 1963 Event Great Train Robbery - 2.5 M pounds ($3.25 M) robbed 1963 Event Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres 1962 Birthday Wesley Snipes, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Passenger 57, Money Train 1962 Event 19 die in a train crash in Steelton, Pennsylvania 1962 Event Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal, Netherlands 1962 Event Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) 1962 Event Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands) 1962 Event 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City) 1961 Event Train accident in Italy, 70 die 1960 Death Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57 1960 Event 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California 1958 Event 48 die in a train crash in Elizabethport, New Jersey 1958 Event Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 in Newark, New Jersey 1957 Event 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan) 1957 Event Passenger train and oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die 1957 Event "Wagon Train" premieres 1957 Event Electric train joining in Amsterdam-Brussels 1957 Event Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 1957 Event 12 die in a train crash in Vroman, Colorado 1956 Event 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM 1956 Event Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) 1956 Event 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Massachusetts 1956 Event 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles 1955 Event Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300 1953 Event Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166 1953 Event 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut Ohio 1953 Event 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington D.C. station 1952 Event 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England) 1951 Event 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1951 Event 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1951 Event "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge, New Jersey, killing 84 1950 Event 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY 1950 Event 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton, Ohio 1950 Event 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York 1949 Event 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland 1949 Event Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin 1948 Event Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco 1948 Event Stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died 1947 Birthday Michael Burns, Mineola LI, actor, Barnaby West-Wagon Train 1947 Birthday Cat Stevens, Yusaf Islam, rock vocalist, Peace Train, Father and Son 1947 Event 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China 1947 Event 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa 1946 Event Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil 1945 Birthday Davy Jones, born in Manchester, England, singer, Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville 1945 Event General Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train) 1944 Event 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah 1944 Event General Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles 1944 Event Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die 1944 Event Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed 1944 Event Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz 1944 Birthday Gladys Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, leader of Pips, Last Train 1944 Birthday Johnny Winter, John Dawson, Leland Mississippi, guitarist, Silver Train 1944 Birthday Peter Tork, Washington D.C., singer and actor, Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville 1943 Event "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79 1942 Birthday Michael Nesmith, born in Houston, rocker, Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville 1942 Event Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) 1942 Event German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1 1942 Event 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz 1942 Event 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp 1941 Birthday Don Cornelius, TV show host, Soul Train 1941 Event Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train" 1940 Event 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas 1939 Event 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany 1938 Event School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1938 Event "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47 1934 Event 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it 1934 Birthday Denny "Scott" Miller, Bloomington, Indiana, actor, Wagon Train 1934 Event Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha 1933 Event Paris express train derails and kills 160, injures 300 (France) 1933 Event Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die 1933 Birthday Robert Fuller, Troy, New York, actor, Laramie, Wagon Train 1932 Event 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD) 1931 Event 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad 1929 Event Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town 1929 Event Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Michigan) 1928 Birthday Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back, Rams, Cards, Lions 1926 Birthday Bill Black, born in Memphis, Tennessee, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, played for "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock" 1926 Event Train disaster at Wassenaar, Netherlands, 4 die 1924 Birthday Robert Horton, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena 1923 Birthday Terry Wilson, California, actor, Bill-Wagon Train 1921 Birthday Sheila Ryan, born in Kansas, actress, Big Fix, Mule Train, Ringside, Caged Fury 1921 Birthday Junior Parker, born in Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter, Mystery Train 1921 Birthday Patricia Highsmith, Plangman, US/Swiss writer, Strangers on a Train 1918 Event Train accident at Weesp, Netherlands, kills 42 1918 Event 101 killed and 171 injured in worst U.S. train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee 1918 Event Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68, Ivanhoe, Illinois 1917 Event French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543 1917 Birthday Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor, Last Train 1917 Event Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1916 Event Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed) 1915 Event Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland) 1915 Event 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received 1915 Event Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die 1913 Event Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" 1913 Event New York Yankees are 1st to train outside U.S. (Bermuda) 1911 Birthday Albert Remy, born in Sevres, France, actor, Grand Prix, Gigot, Train 1910 Event New Yorks's Penn Station opens as world's largest train station 1907 Birthday John McIntire, born in Spokane, Washington, actor, Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian 1905 Event General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) 1905 Event Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world, New York - Chicago in 18 hours 1904 Event Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 1904 Event Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colorado during a flash flood, kills 96 1904 Birthday Angela Baddeley, born in London, England, actress, Ghost Train, Tom Jones 1904 Event 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport) 1903 Event "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released 1903 Birthday Frank McGrath, Mound City, Missouri, actor, Wagon Train 1901 Event Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana 1901 Event 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa 1900 Event Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal 1900 Birthday Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor, Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train 1900 Death John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck 1899 Birthday Duke Ellington, Washington D.C., Edward Kennedy, bandleader, Take A Train 1897 Birthday Basil Radford, born in Chester, England, actor, Whiskey Galore, Night Train 1896 Birthday Arnold Ridley, Bath England, actor/dramatist, The Ghost Train 1891 Event "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M 1891 Event 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17) 1890 Event Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma 1889 Event 1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for east 1888 Event Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) 1888 Birthday Marion Lorne, Philadelphia, actress, Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush 1887 Event Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) 1887 Event 1st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC 1886 Event 1st scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt Moody, BC 1882 Event 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia 1881 Event 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico 1880 Birthday Joshua L Cowen, inventor, electric train 1879 Event North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) 1879 Event Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods 1876 Birthday Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress, Un Soir Un Train 1875 Event Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri 1874 Event Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie, Kansas 1874 Event Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri 1873 Event Jesse James and James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) 1869 Event 1st westbound train arrives in SF 1868 Event Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash 1866 Event 1st train robbery in U.S. (Reno Brothers take $13,000) 1865 Event 1st U.S. train robbery (North Bend Ohio) 1865 Event Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington 1864 Event Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed 1864 Event Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard 1864 Birthday Franz Miller, becomes first Train Murderer 1862 Event James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, Georgia 1861 Event London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr. Train of New York, begins operating 1861 Event President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield Illinois to Washington D.C. 1855 Event 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands 1855 Event 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa 1855 Event 1st train crosses 1st U.S. railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls 1853 Event 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km) 1849 Event 1st passenger train service to Peekskill New York (New Haven Railroad) 1847 Birthday Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman 1847 Event Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride 1843 Event 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon 1842 Event Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 1841 Event 1st wagon train arrives in California 1841 Event 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for California 1833 Event Train derails at Hightstown, New Jersey; 2 die 1831 Event 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York) 1831 Event 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run 1830 Event 1st to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England) 1830 Event 1st regular steam train passenger service starts
