1692 First people are accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, a West Indian slave
1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7-man Panama Canal Commission to proceed with completing a canal at the Isthmus
1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st black woman to win an Oscar
1960 Agadir earthquake in Morocco kills a third of the population (12,000-15,000)
1984 Pierre Trudeau announces he is stepping down after 15 years as Canadian Prime Minister
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