Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his 'Swan Lake' ballet.
Twenty million Americans mobilized to call for greater protections for our planet. This became the world's first Earth Day.
The Paris Agreement was opened for signatures.
A controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was approved by the UK's parliament.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world's first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
