On this day
18 November
-
1720
Rackham is hanged at Port Royal.
Anne Bonny and Mary Read Convicted
Two women sailed with John Rackham for barely two months in 1720. Their trial in Jamaica is the solid record; almost everything else is later legend.
-
1876
The three Younger brothers, having pleaded guilty, are sentenced to life in the state prison at Stillwater.
Jesse James Killed before trial
Northfield's townspeople broke the James-Younger gang in seven minutes in 1876. Six years later a new recruit shot Jesse James in his own parlour.