Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Some of the key events about Massachusetts
- 1620The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, establishing the first permanent European settlement in New England
- 1636Harvard College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, was founded in Cambridge
- 1692The Salem witch trials resulted in the execution of 20 people accused of witchcraft
- 1770The Boston Massacre occurred, where British soldiers killed five civilians
- 1773The Boston Tea Party led to increased tensions between the colonies and Great Britain
- 1780The Massachusetts Constitution, the world's oldest functioning written constitution, was ratified
- 1820The first public high school in the United States opened in Boston
- 1840A devastating fire destroyed much of Nantucket's downtown area
- 1876The first telephone was demonstrated in Boston by its inventor
- 1891Basketball was invented in Springfield
- 1897The first subway system in North America began operation in Boston
- 1918The Great Molasses Flood in Boston killed 21 people and injured 150
- 1942The Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston became one of the deadliest nightclub fires in US history
- 1947The first general-purpose electronic computer, the Harvard Mark I, was developed at Harvard University
- 1950The Great Brink's Robbery in Boston was the largest cash robbery in US history at the time
- 1962A severe nor'easter caused extensive damage along the Massachusetts coast
- 1967The first successful human organ transplant (kidney) was performed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
- 1990The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist resulted in the theft of 13 valuable artworks
- 2004Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
- 2013The Boston Marathon bombing killed three people and injured hundreds
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