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

#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 →

Moments in Time – December 13, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Dec. 25, 1868, President Andrew Johnson offered amnesty to all Confederate soldiers with Proclamation 179. It was the fourth order of its kind, with earlier agreements ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – December 7, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Dec. 18, 1966, Dr. Seuss’s popular book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” was made into an animated TV special narrated by well-known horror movie ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – November 29, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Dec. 11, 2008, Bernie Madoff, the founder and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested and subsequently convicted of fraud for the multi-billion-dollar ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – November 15, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Nov. 27, 2017, eight donkeys were released from jail after four days’ imprisonment for the crime of eating expensive saplings in the Jalaun district of Uttar ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – November 8, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Nov. 20, 1998, the first module of the International Space Station, Zarya (“Dawn”), was launched. Russian-built and American-owned, its name signified ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – November 1, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Nov. 13, 1985, the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupted in the late evening and caused volcanic mudflows that flooded the city of Armero, killing 25,000 residents. ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 25, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Nov. 6, 1869, Rutgers beat Princeton, then known as the College of New Jersey, 6-4 in the first college football game. Played with a soccer ball before roughly 100 ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 18, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba, or Big Ivan, over the Mityushikha Bay test range on the Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Circle. The unique, ... Continue Reading →