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.
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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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Wikiquote of the day:
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door! -- Emma Lazarus
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emma_Lazarus)