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 Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes announced he was able to create solid helium.
The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago.
Charles Darwin explored Bahia, San Salvador, Brazil, and fell in love with its variety of plants, flowers, animals & insects.
The longest siege of a capital city in modern history, the siege of Sarajevo, officially ended.
