22 October

Jonathan Barnet captures the William off Negril Point without loss of life.

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.

The jury convicts Crippen of murder after 27 minutes and he is sentenced to death.

Dr Crippen Executed

In 1910 a mild American medicine seller fled London with his lover dressed as a boy, and a ship's wireless message brought him back to hang.

Floyd is shot dead by federal agents and local officers on a farm near East Liverpool, Ohio.

Kansas City Massacre Disputed verdict

Thirty seconds outside Union Station in June 1933 left four lawmen and their prisoner dead. The FBI blamed Pretty Boy Floyd. Historians are still arguing.