1 of 5 | Roh Moo-hyun, president of South Korea, (R) and his wife, Kwon Yang, wave to Korean-American community leaders before departing from Boeing Field in Seattle on July 1, 2007. Linked to a corruption investigation, Roh killed himself on this day in 2009. File Photo by Jim Bryant/UPI | License Photo On this date in history: In 1701, Capt. William Kidd was hanged in London for piracy and murder. Advertisement 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...