Contents

1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 July events 1.3 October events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 January deaths

Events

January events

• January - Unable to keep his promises to shareholders, Robert Ralph Young suspends dividends on New York Central stock.
• January 1 - the Chicago and Northwestern acquires the Litchfield and Madison railroad.

July events

• July - General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD SD24.

October events

• October 1 - Northern Ireland's Ulster Transport Authority and the Republic of Ireland's Córas Iompair Éireann take over from the Great Northern Railway Board in running the remaining cross-border route (Dublin–Belfast) of the Irish railway system. The GNR assets are split between the two state companies.

Births

Deaths

January deaths

• January 25 - Robert Ralph Young, financier and controlling stockholder of the New York Central commits suicide after suspending company dividends (b. 1897)