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** The Orient Express begins operation.
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** " Death on the Orient Express " ( by Pat Mills, with art by Dave Gibbons, in 2000 AD # 86-87, 1978 )
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** The Greek ferry Express Samina sinks off the coast of the island of Paros ; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.
** The French paper L ' Express publishes a story of Georges Figon, who took part in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.
** New Musical Express, a British music magazine, publishes a story about two 13-year-old schoolgirls, Sue and Mary, releasing a disc on Decca and adds " A Liverpool group, The Beatles, have recorded ' Love Me Do ' for Parlophone Records, set for October 5 release.
** The first midair collision occurs, between a Daimler Airway de Havilland DH. 18 and a Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens Farman Goliath over Poix-de-Picardie, Amiens, France.
** National Express Coventry ( bus operation in and around Coventry, UK-A subsidiary of National Express West Midlands )
** Service to the Poquonock Park & Ride Lot is provided by the local 30, 32, 34, 36, and 54 routes as well as the 15-Windsor Express route, which provides express service between Poquonock Avenue and Downtown Hartford via I-91.
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** The breech refers to the mass of solid metal behind the bottom of the bore extending to the base of the breech and including the base ring ; it also generally refers to the end of the cannon opposite the muzzle, i. e., the location where the explosion of the gunpowder begins as opposed to the opening through which the pressurized gas escapes.
** Jōban Line: Officially, the line begins at Nippori Station, although most trains start / terminate at Ueno Station
** The deadly Christmas flood of 1964 begins ; It becomes one of the most destructive weather events to affect Oregon in the 20th century.
** The United States Post Office Department ( later renamed the United States Postal Service ) begins the 3rd regular airmail service in the world ( between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC ), the 1st being from Allahabad to Naini Junction in India on the 18th February 1911 and the 2nd being from London to Windsor Castle on the 22nd June 1911.
** Russian General Brusilov begins a major offensive in Galicia, initially advancing towards Lemberg.
** Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and the northern Iraqi no-fly zones.
** Greek legislative election, 1993: Andreas Papandreou begins his second term as Prime Minister of Greece.
** The U. S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and U. S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begins its closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U. S. President Harry S Truman.
** People's Democracy begins a march from Belfast to Derry, Northern Ireland in support of civil rights.
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