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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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 →