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Featured anniversary | 10 January
1863: The London Underground opens to a sceptical public
“For the first time in the history of the world,” said The Daily News, “men can travel in pleasant carriages, and with considerable comfort, lower down than gas pipes and water pipes… lower down than the graveyard.”
Why we should remember
Historians consider key anniversaries and why they should be remembered
