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.
1873Jul, 21
At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
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Vasil Levski
Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities. - 22Mar
Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies
The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico. - 18Jun
United States presidential election, 1872
Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. - 1Jul
Canadian Confederation
Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation. - 20Oct
Princeton University
Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.