Massachusetts’s Marconi Wireless Station Site successfully sent the first radio transmission between the US and Europe.
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Senator Brooks from South Carolina used a cane to hit a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner, after Sumner criticized slave owners.
One woman and four men were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, bringing the total to 20 during the witch trials.
The WHO deletes homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.
A Massachusetts lottery player, Mavis Wanczyk, won a staggering $758.7 million, claiming the largest lottery win in the US.