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. In 1900, U.S. Army Sgt. William H. Carney became the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was cited for his efforts during the Civil War battle of Fort Wagner, S.C., in June 1863. In 1934, Clyde Barrow and his cigar-smoking sweetheart, Bonnie Parker, who lived by violence, died by