In 1647, the first recorded American execution of a "witch" took place in Massachusetts. The method involved was not burning at the stake, but hanging.
In 1818, American reformer Amelia Jenks Bloomer, who popularized the garment that bears her name, was born in Homer, N.Y.
In 1988, Two days before the start of the Moscow summit, the Senate voted 93 to 5 to ratify the treaty eliminating land-based medium-range nuclear missles. It was the first major super-power treaty ratified by the Senate since the 1972 strategic arms limitation treaty.