Massachusetts

Some of the key events about Massachusetts

• 1620

  The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, establishing the first permanent European settlement in New England
• 1636

  Harvard College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, was founded in Cambridge
• 1692

  The Salem witch trials resulted in the execution of 20 people accused of witchcraft
• 1770

  The Boston Massacre occurred, where British soldiers killed five civilians
• 1773

  The Boston Tea Party led to increased tensions between the colonies and Great Britain
• 1780

  The Massachusetts Constitution, the world's oldest functioning written constitution, was ratified
• 1820

  The first public high school in the United States opened in Boston
• 1840

  A devastating fire destroyed much of Nantucket's downtown area
• 1876

  The first telephone was demonstrated in Boston by its inventor
• 1891

  Basketball was invented in Springfield
• 1897

  The first subway system in North America began operation in Boston
• 1918

  The Great Molasses Flood in Boston killed 21 people and injured 150
• 1942

  The Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston became one of the deadliest nightclub fires in US history
• 1947

  The first general-purpose electronic computer, the Harvard Mark I, was developed at Harvard University
• 1950

  The Great Brink's Robbery in Boston was the largest cash robbery in US history at the time
• 1962

  A severe nor'easter caused extensive damage along the Massachusetts coast
• 1967

  The first successful human organ transplant (kidney) was performed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
• 1990

  The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist resulted in the theft of 13 valuable artworks
• 2004

  Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
• 2013

  The Boston Marathon bombing killed three people and injured hundreds

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