Five women were hanged for witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
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Frozen food is sold in retail stores for the first time.
The Great Colonial Hurricane hit the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Jamestown Settlement in New England, USA.
The US used a national minimum wage for the first time in Massachusetts.
Boston, Massachusetts, was founded by Governor Winthrop.
The village of Shawmut in Massachusetts adopted the name Boston.
