Caile Ferate Romane is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. CFR manages the fourth-largest railway network in Europe, in terms of volume of passengers and freight. The network is significantly interconnected with other European railway networks, providing pan-European passenger and freight services. CFR, which as an entity has been operating since 1880, is divided into four autonomous companies: CFR Calatori, which is responsible for passenger services; CFR Marfa, responsible for freight transport; CFR Infrastructura, which manages the infrastructure on the Romanian railway network; Societatea Feroviara de Turism, or SFT, which manages scenic and tourist railways. CFR is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, and has regional divisions in Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi and Brasov.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1864: American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops in the Battle of Atlanta. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Atlanta)

1933: Wiley Post became the first pilot to fly a fixed-wing aircraft solo around the world. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post)

1934: Bank robber John Dillinger, named "Public Enemy Number One" by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, was ambushed outside Biograph Theater in Chicago. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger)

1946: An Irgun bomb destroyed the headquarters of the British Mandate of Palestine at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 90. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing)

2003: U.S. forces attacked a compound in Mosul, Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Hussein)

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