The first state <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_school" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Normal school">normal school</a> in the United States, the forerunner to today's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framingham_State_University" id="mwTA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Framingham State University">Framingham State University</a>, opens in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Massachusetts" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lexington, Massachusetts">Lexington, Massachusetts</a> with three students.