TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1873: Jesse James and his gang pull off the first train robbery in the US, taking US$3,000 from the Rock Island Express in Adair, Iowa.�OTHER EVENTS1542: Pope Paul III establishes the Roman Inquisition to fight Protestantism.1683: Lord William Russell is beheaded in England for plotting to kill the king.1718: Austria and Venice gain substantial lands in the Balkans from Turkey by the Peace of Passarowitz.