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Train robbery
1873Jul, 21

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.

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  • 22Mar

    Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies

    The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
  • 1Jul

    Canadian Confederation

    Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
  • 4Aug

    7th Cavalry Regiment

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