The first warrants were issued to arrest three women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, US.
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A lunar eclipse saved explorer Christopher Columbus's life.
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, wiped out a third of the city's population.
The longest siege of a capital city in modern history, the siege of Sarajevo, officially ended.
A Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes announced he was able to create solid helium.
The UK's Prince Harry was withdrawn from a military tour of Afghanistan.
