John Hancock became the first Governor of Massachusetts after winning 90% of the votes in the Massachusetts Constitution.
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The first warrants were issued to arrest three women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, US.
John Hancock was unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress.
Senator Brooks from South Carolina used a cane to hit a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner, after Sumner criticized slave owners.
A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
Innocent Bridget Bishop was the first person to be trialed and hung for witchcraft in Massachusetts, US.