Innocent Bridget Bishop was the first person to be trialed and hung for witchcraft in Massachusetts, US.
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President Franklin Roosevelt became the first president to travel abroad during war.
The last episode of David Lynch's original Twin Peaks aired.
The Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia was initiated in Mecca.
Swedish authorities finally closed a 34-year-old inquiry into the murder of their prime minister.
NASA's Explorer 49 was launched into Earth's orbit to research long-range radio waves within the Milky Way.
