Events on July 21 in history

At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.

Train robbery is a type of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other valuables being carried aboard trains.

Adair is a city in Adair and Guthrie counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 791 at the 2020 census.

18 Feb

Vasil Levski
Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
22 Mar

Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies
The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
1 Jul

Canadian Confederation
Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
4 Aug

7th Cavalry Regiment
American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
20 Oct

Princeton University
Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.