November 18th

On this day - 18th November 1920 - Calico Jack was hanged. 

The Englishman John Rackham was hanged as a pirate. Rackham was mostly known as Calico Jack, and his contribution to piracy was the Jolly Roger flag. The Jolly Roger flag is what is most commonly associated as the pirate flag. Rackham was also known for having two females among his crew, Mary Read and his lover Anne Bonny. Legend says that Bonny was allowed to see Rackham one last time where she supposedly said:
"I'm sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you need not have hanged like a dog."
Rackham has been featured in the game Assassins Creed: Black Flag and the tv series Black Sails.

Jack Rackham