Moments in Time – April 16, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On April 28, 1953, inventor Howard Ross received a patent for his “double coat,” which contained an outer layer extendable to cover two people. It was designed ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 9, 2025

#MiddleburyCT On April 21, 1966, a bar crawl in New York’s West Village led to what became known as the “Sip-In,” when Dick Leitsch, Craig Rodwell and John Timmons ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – December 4, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On Dec. 16, 1938, Adolf Hitler instituted the Mother’s Cross, a medal awarded as part of an initiative designed to encourage women of “pure” German ... 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 – June 12, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On June 24, 2005, actor Tom Cruise rattled and debated with interviewer Matt Lauer, host of NBC’s morning talk show “Today,” with his criticism of antidepressant ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – June 5, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On June 17, 2015, 21-year-old Dylann Roof joined members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., for a Bible study session before drawing a ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – July 13, 2022

#Middlebury On July 31, 1715, a hurricane strikes the East Coast of Florida, sinking 10 Spanish treasure ships carrying tons of gold and silver coins and killing nearly 1,000 people. ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – July 6, 2022

#Middlebury On July 24, 1567, during her imprisonment at Lochleven Castle in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate in favor of her 1-year-old son, later crowned King ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 7, 2021

#Middlebury On April 25, 1719, Daniel Defoe’s “The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” is published. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Jan. 15, 2020

#Middlebury On Jan. 31, 1606, at Westminster in London, Guy Fawkes, a conspirator in the plot to blow up the British Parliament building, jumps to his death before his execution for ... Continue Reading →