On this day in 1692, Bridget Bishop was the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. She was found guilty and hanged on June 10.
On this day in 1964, the Palestine Liberation Organization was formed in Jerusalem.
On this day in 1999, women in Japan finally won the right to use the birth
control pill.
On this day in 2012, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.