The last group of people was hung for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
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Massachusetts became the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Five women were hanged for witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
Massachusetts's Marconi Wireless Station Site successfully sent the first radio transmission between the US and Europe.
Massachusetts became the 6th state to join the United States of America.
A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.