The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
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The very first .com domain was registered.
Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.
Jan Matzeliger gave a public demonstration about his shoe-producing invention in Lynn, Massachusetts.
The Great Colonial Hurricane hit the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Jamestown Settlement in New England, USA.
The village of Shawmut in Massachusetts adopted the name Boston.
