1870 Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.
1897 The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1918 Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 deaths.
1927 The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
1954 The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
1995 289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster.
1998 Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.