The first train passenger service began.
Until this day, trains had only been used to transport goods.
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The first Orient Express leaves Paris.
Jesse James and the famous James-Younger Gang robbed the Missouri Pacific Railroad near Otterville, Missouri, US.
A London underground train crashes into the end of the tunnel at Moorgate station.
The Dublin and Kingstown Railway officially opened.
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
