On this date in history: In 1701, Capt. William Kidd was hanged in London for piracy and murder. In 1829, Cyrill Demian was granted a patent for his musical instrument called the accordion.

Movie"Boldest of plundering privateers! He dared the king's gallows and mighty galleons for the golden haired treasure of the Indies!" When Captain Kidd is reprieved from the gallows by a greedy ...

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Part of our Best Pubs in London microsite. See if we've included your local. We defy you to enter this pub without emitting a pirate's "Yeeaarrgggh!!". The Captain Kidd is named after one of ...

Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's ...