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 →

Moments in Time – October 11, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 23, 1964, French existentialist philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre published a letter in the newspaper Le Figaro to explain why he didn’t want to accept ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 4, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 16, 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos sparked controversy at the Mexico City Olympics by giving “Black power” salutes during a ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – September 27, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 9, 2004, Afghan voters went to the polls for the first time in their nation’s history to vote for a president and elected Hamid Karzai, who had served as ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – September 20, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Oct. 2, 1614, Louis XIII of France was declared an adult. His mother, Marie de’ Medici, continued to act as his Regent, however, as she had begun upon the assassination ... Continue Reading →