Moments in Time – April 5, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On April 19, 1927, blond bombshell Mae West was confronted by the New York Police Department’s Municipal Vice Squad, sentenced to 10 days in a workhouse on the ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 29, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On April 16, 1942, the citizens of the Island of Malta were awarded the George Cross by King George VI in honor of their heroic struggle against nearly continuous bombing ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 15, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On March 27, 1909, fingerprint evidence was used to solve a murder case for the first time. The world’s first official Fingerprint Bureau had already been created ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 8, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On March 24, 1882, German scientist Robert Koch discovered the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis. Regarded today as the “father of modern bacteriology,” Koch ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 1, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On March 17, 1756, St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated for the first time in New York City at John Thompson’s Crown and Thistle public house. Interestingly, ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 22, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On March 7, 161 A.D., Marcus Aurelius became emperor of Rome at the age of 39, after the death of his predecessor, Antoninus Pius, and after patiently waiting more than ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 15, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 27, 1693, England’s first women’s magazine, “The Ladies Mercury,” debuted. With a print run of just four weeks, each single-sheet, double-sided ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 8, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 25, 1570, Pope Pius V declared England’s Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and excommunicated her from the Roman Catholic Church by way of a papal bull releasing ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – February 1, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Poland to a prosperous merchant family. Originally designed for a career in church law, he is considered the father ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – January 25, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Feb. 10, 1535, notwithstanding the winter chill and in a form of protest that was, unsurprisingly, ridiculed by both Protestants and Catholics, a small group of Anabaptists ... Continue Reading →