The Chappaquiddick incident Catastrophe was a single-vehicle car accident Catastrophe that occurred Coming_to_be on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts some time between 11:30p.m .

The Lawrence textile strike Attack , also known as the Bread and Roses strike Attack , was a strike Attack of immigrant workers in Lawrence , Massachusetts , in 1912 led Causation by the Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW ) .

Starting Process_start January 1 , 1912 , the Massachusetts government started Process_start to enforce Action a law that allowed Preventing_or_letting women to work a maximum of 54 hours , rather than 56 hours .

A triple homicide Killing was committed Committing_crime in Waltham , Massachusetts in the United States , on the evening of September 11 , 2011 , the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks Terrorism .

Major General Charles Grey raided Attack the Massachusetts communities of New Bedford , Fairhaven , and Martha 's Vineyard in September 1778 as part of British operations in the American Revolutionary War .

The Head Of The Charles Regatta , also known as HOCR , is a rowing Self_motion head race held Defending on the penultimate complete weekend of October ( i.e. , on the Saturday that falls between the 17th and the 23rd of the month , and on the Sunday immediately afterwards ) each year on the Charles River , which separates Boston and Cambridge , Massachusetts .

In New England , rainfall caused Causation minor street flooding Catastrophe , especially in central Massachusetts and Maine , where of precipitation fell Motion_directional in the city of Portland .

Five houses were destroyed Destroying in Massachusetts , and flooding Catastrophe reached Arriving deep in Boston .

The high snow totals Destroying closed schools for a week in western Massachusetts .

The North American blizzard Catastrophe of 2005 was a three-day storm Catastrophe that affected Influence large areas of the northern United States , dropping Motion more than 3 feet ( 0.9 m ) of snow in parts of southeastern Massachusetts , as well as much of the Boston metropolitan area .

The storm Catastrophe shut down Logan International Airport in Boston , Massachusetts and T. F. Green Airport in Rhode Island , while also impairing Bodily_harm travel throughout much of Massachusetts due Causation to the high amount of snow covering Hiding_objects the roads .

The storm Catastrophe shut down Logan International Airport in Boston , Massachusetts and T. F. Green Airport in Rhode Island , while also impairing Bodily_harm travel throughout much of Massachusetts due Causation to the high amount of snow covering Hiding_objects the roads .

Practically all schools in the Metrowest and South East regions of Massachusetts were closed for at least two days .

British troops had been stationed Placing in the Province of Massachusetts Bay since 1768 in order to support Supporting crown-appointed officials and to enforce Action unpopular Parliamentary legislation .

United Airlines Flight 175 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Logan International Airport , in Boston , Massachusetts , to Los Angeles International Airport , in Los Angeles , California .

Indian raiding Attack parties attacked Attack homesteads and villages throughout Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , and Maine over the next six months , and the Colonial militia retaliated Revenge .

They pushed Motion back the colonial frontier in Massachusetts Bay , Plymouth , and Rhode Island colonies , burning Bodily_harm towns as they went Motion , including Providence in March 1676 .

Shays Rebellion was an armed uprising Change_of_leadership in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government ’ s increased efforts to collect Come_together taxes both on individuals and their trades ; the fight took place Process_start mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787 .

Shays was a farmhand from Massachusetts at the beginning of the Revolutionary War ; he joined Participation the Continental Army , saw action at the Battles of Lexington and Concord , Battle of Bunker Hill , and Battles of Saratoga , and was eventually wounded in action .

The federal government found Know itself unable to finance troops to put Self_motion down the rebellion , and it was consequently put Self_motion down by the Massachusetts State militia and a privately funded local militia .

The towns of Bristol and Warren , Rhode Island were significantly damaged Damaging , and Freetown , Massachusetts ( present-day Fall River ) was also attacked Attack , although its militia resisted Defending British attacks more successfully .

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted Social_event by several cities in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts , United States .

Amateur and professional runners from all over the world compete Competition in the Boston Marathon each year , braving the hilly Massachusetts terrain and varying weather to take part in the race .

The April 18 , 2013 stop in Boston , Massachusetts was one of the first major performances given in Presence the city following the Boston Marathon bombings three days earlier .

On October 31 , 1999 , the Boeing 767 operating Being_in_operation the route crashed Catastrophe into the Atlantic Ocean about south of Nantucket Island , Massachusetts , killing Killing all 217 passengers and crew on board .

The Cocoanut Grove was a premier nightclub during the post-Prohibition 1930s and 1940s in Boston , Massachusetts .

The expedition Self_motion was in retaliation for a French and Indian raid Attack against the Massachusetts frontier community of Deerfield earlier that year .

Parliament responded Response in 1774 with the Intolerable Acts , or Coercive Acts , which , among other provisions , ended Process_end local self-government in Massachusetts and closed Process_end Boston 's commerce .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Machias ( August 13–14 , 1777 ) was an amphibious assault Attack on the Massachusetts town of Machias ( in present-day eastern Maine ) by British forces Causation during the American Revolutionary War .

John Brown had originally asked Request Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass , both of whom he had met in his transformative years as an abolitionist in Springfield , Massachusetts , to join him in his raid , but Tubman was prevented Preventing_or_letting by illness and Douglass declined , as he believed Brown 's plan would fail .

In Massachusetts , flood Catastrophe water levels surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale those during the 1938 Long Island hurricane , breaching multiple dams and inundating adjacent towns and roads .

The nor'easter disrupted Hindering transportation , with snow emergencies declared Expressing_publicly in six states and travel bans enacted Action in four of these states – Connecticut , New Jersey , Massachusetts , and Rhode Island – as well as in New York City .

It took place Process_start primarily in the British provinces of New York , Massachusetts Bay ( which included Maine as well as Massachusetts at the time ) , New Hampshire ( which included Vermont at the time ) , and Nova Scotia .

It took place Process_start primarily in the British provinces of New York , Massachusetts Bay ( which included Maine as well as Massachusetts at the time ) , New Hampshire ( which included Vermont at the time ) , and Nova Scotia .

French , Algonquin , and Abenaki warriors under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville descended on Motion_directional Haverhill , then a small frontier community in the Province of Massachusetts Bay .

The raid Hostile_encounter was more costly to the French than previous frontier raids Attack like that in 1704 on Deerfield , Massachusetts because the province had been warned Warning of the raiders ' advance .

In addition , one fatality occurred Coming_to_be when a man drowned Killing after falling Motion_directional off his boat while sailing Self_motion a river in Massachusetts .

The outer bands brought Bringing rainfall , rough seas , and strong winds , especially in Massachusetts .

In Massachusetts , strong winds caused Causation power and telephone outages , and felled Motion_directional numerous trees .

Rough seas offshore Massachusetts destroyed Destroying over 100 boats .

The 2012 Boston Marathon took place Hold in Boston , Massachusetts on Monday April 16 , 2012 .

The 1704 Raid on Deerfield ( also known as the Deerfield Massacre ) occurred Presence during Queen Anne 's War on February 29 when French and Native American forces under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked Attack the English frontier settlement at Deerfield , Massachusetts , just before dawn .

The Antinomian Controversy , also known as the Free Grace Controversy , was a religious and political conflict Quarreling in the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638 .

The most notable Free Grace advocates , often called Name_conferral `` Antinomians '' , were charismatic Anne Hutchinson , her brother-in-law Reverend John Wheelwright , and Massachusetts Bay Governor Henry Vane .

On July 16 , 2009 , Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested Arrest at his Cambridge , Massachusetts home by local police officer Sgt .

The storm Catastrophe arrived Arriving just two months after Hurricane Catastrophe Irene caused Causation extensive power outages Damaging and property damage Damaging in the Northeast ; with the 2011 New England tornado outbreak also causing Causation damage Damaging in Western Massachusetts .

It was one of two hurricanes Catastrophe to strike Attack Massachusetts in that year , the other being Hurricane Carol .

The storm rapidly intensified Cause_change_of_strength and reached Arriving its peak intensity of 125 mph ( 205 km/h ) north of the Bahamas before weakening Cause_change_of_strength to Category 2 status near landfall in Massachusetts on September 11 .

Philip Gale ( November 15 , 1978 – March 13 , 1998 ) was an American pioneering Internet software developer , computer prodigy , and sophomore student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) .

The expedition expected to be fully provisioned Supply in Boston , the capital of colonial Massachusetts , but the city was unprepared when it arrived Arriving , and Massachusetts authorities had to scramble to provide Supply even three months ' supplies Supply .