Moments in Time – Jan. 22, 2020

#Middlebury On Feb. 8, 1587, after 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England for her complicity in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Jan. 16, 2019

#Middlebury On Feb. 1, 1887, Harvey Wilcox officially registers “Hollywood” with the Los Angeles County recorder’s office. Wilcox and his wife bought 160 acres of land in ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Aug. 15, 2018

#Middlebury On Aug. 31, 1888, the first known victim of London serial killer “Jack the Ripper” is found murdered in the city’s impoverished Whitechapel district. At least ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – June 6, 2018

#Middlebury #MomentsInTime On June 22, 1611, the starving crew of the Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and sets him, his teenage son and seven ... Continue Reading →