Moments in Time – February 21, 2024

Feb 21st, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – February 21, 2024
#MiddleburyCT On March 4, 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd U.S. president. He would later notably lead the country out ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 14, 2024

Feb 14th, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – February 14, 2024
#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 26, 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass (later Jazz) Band recorded “Livery Stable Blues,” the world’s first jazz record, for the Victor Talking ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 7, 2024

Feb 7th, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – February 7, 2024
#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 19, 1906, American industrialist W.K. Kellogg teamed with Charles C. Bolin to found the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, now known as the multinational ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – January 31, 2024

Jan 31st, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – January 31, 2024
#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 12, 1912, Hsian-T’ung, the last emperor of China, was forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sen’s republican revolution, ending 267 years of Manchu ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – January 24, 2023

Jan 24th, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – January 24, 2023
#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 5, 1922, DeWitt and Lila Wallace self-published and marketed the first Reader’s Digest magazine, designed to provide abridged articles on a wide variety ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – January 17, 2024

Jan 17th, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – January 17, 2024
#MiddleburyCT On Jan. 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was published in The Evening Mirror in New York. The eerie work, which earned its author the sum ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – January 10, 2024

Jan 10th, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – January 10, 2024
#MiddleburyCT On Jan. 22, 2006, Evo Morales became Bolivia’s first indigenous president, with a primary focus on fighting poverty and reducing the influence of transnational ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – January 3, 2023

Jan 3rd, 2024 Comments Off on Moments in Time – January 3, 2023
#MiddleburyCT On Jan. 15, 1759, French philosopher Voltaire’s satire “Candide” was published anonymously in five editions and five countries. It was immediately and ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – December 27, 2023

Dec 27th, 2023 Comments Off on Moments in Time – December 27, 2023
#MiddleburyCT On Jan. 8, 1310, near the beginning of the Little Ice Age, when average temperatures around the world dropped by as much as 3.6 F (particularly in Europe and North America), ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – December 20, 2023

Dec 20th, 2023 Comments Off on Moments in Time – December 20, 2023
#MiddleburyCT On Jan. 1, 2011, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) debuted on television. The “Queen of All Media” had previously described her vision for the network as one ... Continue Reading →
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