1390—The first trial for witchcraft takes place in Paris. After a few minutes of deliberation, the all-muggle jury finds the defendants guilty as charged.
1692—The Court of Oyer and Terminer, convened for the Salem witch trials, is dissolved after all the witches are thought dead.
1727—A severe earthquake rocks New England. The Court of Oyer and Terminer is reconvened.
1872—J. S. Risdon patents the metal windmill, originally invented as a more efficient guillotine.
1958—Boris Pasternak refuses the Nobel prize for literature, claiming the award belongs to the talented men and women of The Daily Cardinal’s Almanac page.
1961—The United States performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site. Radioactive ants become dog-sized.
1969—The United States performs another nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site. The mutated ants grow to the size of houses.
1972—The United States is forced to drop a nuclear bomb on the Nevada Test Site, now one mountain-sized ant hill.
