Moments in Time – May 1, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On May 13, 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon’s car was attacked and nearly overturned by an angry crowd shouting anti-American slogans as Nixon traveled through ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – May 18, 2022

#Middlebury On May 30, 1593, playwright Christopher Marlowe, 29, is killed in a brawl. He was nearly denied his master’s degree in 1587, until advisers to Queen Elizabeth intervened, ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Feb. 12, 2020

#Middlebury On Feb. 26, 1564, poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe is baptized in Canterbury, England, two months before the birth of his fellow playwright William Shakespeare. ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – May 1, 2019

#Middlebury On May 19, 1588, the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon on a mission to secure control of the English Channel and transport a Spanish invasion army to Britain from the ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – May 16, 2018

#Middlebury #MomentsInTime On May 30, 1593, playwright Christopher Marlowe, 29, is killed in a tavern brawl. Marlowe, a compatriot of Shakespeare, was nearly denied his master’s ... Continue Reading →