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1997 Bohumil Hrabal, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England, dies at 82
1994 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel 1992 "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 160 performances 1992 "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 160 performances 1989 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s 1989 Leaking pipe of Asha, U.S.S.R. causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die 1988 3 trains collide in London, 40 die 1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1975 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 1972 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76, Seville, Spain 1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground 1963 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train 1960 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czechoslovakia) 1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM 1957 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St. John's England) 1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states 1953 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) 1952 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England) 1950 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77 1943 "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200 1940 Nazi's forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains 1934 Johnny Burnette, born in Memphis, guitarist, Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16 1918 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die 1914 Bohumil Hrabal, born in Brno-Zidenice, Moravia, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England 1910 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die 1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history 1903 Ward Bond, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Seth-Wagon Trains 1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 1878 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional 1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains 1859 Georg Knorr, German engineer, brake system trains 1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1822 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer, rails/trains |
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