Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.
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A Massachusetts lottery player, Mavis Wanczyk, won a staggering $758.7 million, claiming the largest lottery win in the US.
John Hancock became the first Governor of Massachusetts after winning 90% of the votes in the Massachusetts Constitution.
A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
The Richard Fairbanks Tavern and Post Office in Massachusetts became the first American colonial post office.
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrived from England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to become a minister in a Boston church.
