A Massachusetts lottery player, Mavis Wanczyk, won a staggering $758.7 million, claiming the largest lottery win in the US.
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Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first human kidney transplant at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.
The first polar bear in America was exhibited in Boston.
The US used a national minimum wage for the first time in Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Charter was signed, which established the Province of Massachusetts Bay.