On this day in history
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Source: HistoryNet.com
1692: Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are arrested for the supposed practice of witchcraft in Salem, Mass.
1780: Pennsylvania becomes the first U.S. state to abolish slavery.
1799: Royal Assent given to change the name of Île St- Jean to Prince Edward Island.
1808: In France, Napoleon creates an imperial nobility.
1911: Post offices across Canada display first recruiting posters for the Royal Canadian Navy.
1920: Founding of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, with a merger of the Royal North-West Mounted Police.
1963: Neil Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club, at age 17.
1974: A grand jury indicts seven of President Nixon's aides for the conspiracy on Watergate.
1979: National Capital Commission opens first Winterlude in Ottawa, featuring a skateway along the Rideau Canal.
1985: The Pentagon accepts the theory that an atomic war would block the sun, causing a "nuclear winter."
1996: The first Black History Month in Canada is declared.
