Moments in Time – November 20, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Dec. 2, 1972, the Temptations earned the last of their four chart-topping hits when “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” made it to No. 1 on the Billboard ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – November 13, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Nov. 25, 1990, following a severe thunderstorm on Thanksgiving Day, Washington State’s historic Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge broke apart and sank to the bottom ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – November 6, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Nov. 18, 1966, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax retired from baseball at age 30 due to chronic arthritis in his pitching arm and the fear that if he kept on ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 30, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Nov. 11, 1831, Nat Turner, an American slave and educated minister who believed that he’d been chosen by God to lead his people into freedom, was hanged in Jerusalem, ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 23, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Nov. 4, 1960, English primatologist Jane Goodall was observing a group of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania when she saw one of them making and ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 16, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 28, 1961, rocker Chuck Berry began his second court trial for allegedly transporting a minor, in this case Janice Escalante, across state lines for immoral purposes ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 9, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 21, 1861, Union troops suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff in Virginia, the second major engagement of the Civil War, which produced ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 2, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 14, 1957, The Everly Brothers scored their first No. 1 hit on the Billboard charts with “Wake Up, Little Susie.” Though the lyrics described a perfectly ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – September 18, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Sept. 30, 1962, African American student James H. Meredith was escorted onto the University of Mississippi campus by U.S. marshals, setting off a riot in which two ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – September 11, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Sept. 23, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt defended his beloved dog Fala’s honor while dining with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union. The ... Continue Reading →