A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
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The village of Shawmut in Massachusetts adopted the name Boston.
Massachusetts became the 6th state to join the United States of America.
The Great Fall River fire destroyed many businesses downtown in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Reddit was founded in Medford, Massachusetts.
The US recorded its first tornado.
