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Pirate, Captain Kidd, was hanged for piracy and murder.
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Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded medal of honor.
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Joan Collins, a famous classical actress, is born.
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Famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed by state marshalls and killed.
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A tsunami caused by an offshore earthquake kills 61 people.
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George Bush has an accident while mountain biking.
