2010 Event Colton Harris-Moore, a 19-year-old fugitive known as the 'Barefoot Bandit' is captured by police in northern Eleuthera, The Bahamas 1997 Death Pietro Cavallero, bandit, dies at 68 1977 Event "Smokey and the Bandit," premieres 1950 Death Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police 1947 Birthday Morganna Roberts, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Baseball's kissing bandit 1937 Birthday Jerry Reed, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer/actor, Bat 21, Smokey and the Bandit 1896 Birthday Rod, erique, La Rocque, La Tour, western actor, Beau Bandit 1878 Birthday Franklyn Farnum, actor, Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days