Pirate alcohol smuggler Horace Alderman killed three people, including a coast guardsman and secret service agent.
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The Valais Witch Trials started in Switzerland, making it the first witch hunt of its kind, which became much more widespread over the next few decades.
The Eden train wreck happened when a trail derailed from Denver, Colorado, to St Louis, Missouri.
The first known performance of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' was performed.
NASA's Explorer 6 satellite launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for US president by the Progressive Party.
