17 November

Robert Maynard takes command of two hired sloops in Virginia and sails for North Carolina.

Blackbeard Killed before trial

Edward Teach held Charles Town to ransom for a chest of medicine, took a royal pardon, went back to sea and died on a sloop's deck at Ocracoke in 1718.

Holmes is arrested in Boston after being followed by Pinkerton agents.

H. H. Holmes Executed

Swindler, bigamist and killer of at least nine people, hanged in 1896. The '200 victims' and the murder castle of legend are another matter.

The federal appeals court upholds her conviction.

Cassie Chadwick Convicted

A Cleveland doctor's wife hinted she was Andrew Carnegie's secret daughter. Banks lent her millions on notes no one dared check.

Bundesen closes the inquest, finding that the seven were killed by persons unknown.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre Unsolved

Seven men lined against a garage wall in Chicago, 1929. Gunmen dressed as police. Capone blamed by everyone, charged with nothing. Nobody was ever tried.