{"slug": "london-underground", "label": "London Underground", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20075", "qid": "Q20075", "description": "public rapid transit system in London, UK", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1863, 1987], "span_label": ["1863 CE", "1987 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "luftwaffe", "label": "Luftwaffe", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – The first section of the London Underground Railway (Paddington to Farringdon Street) opens officially. This is the world’s first ever underground railway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#January", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1883, "year_label": "1883 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – Two Clan na Gael dynamite bombs explode in the London Underground, injuring several people. The next day, British Home Secretary Vernon Harcourt drafts 300 policemen to guard the underground, and introduces the Explosives Bill.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366127181#October", "title": "1883", "revid": 1366127181, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1906, "year_label": "1906 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373343237#November–December", "title": "1906", "revid": 1373343237, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1907, "year_label": "1907 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373349351#June", "title": "1907", "revid": 1373349351, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – WWII: At least 66 people are killed when a Luftwaffe bomb penetrates Balham station on the London Underground which is in use as an air-raid shelter during The Blitz on England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#October", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 18", "text": "November 18 – The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#November", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › November"}}]}