May 26: The English Strike Back — Hundreds of Pequots Die at Mystic.
Today in 1637, a month after a combined Pequot and Wangunk attack on the small colonial settlment of Wethersfield left nine dead and crippled the town’s food security, a group of 77 En…
March 12: The “Great White Hurricane” Paralyzes Connecticut
When snow started falling across the state in the early hours of March 12, 1888, Connecticut residents thought nothing of it. It wasn’t unusual to have light to moderate snowfall in ea…
At 4:19am on January 18, 1978, downtown Hartford narrowly missed being the site of one of the deadliest disasters in American history when the entire roof of the Hartford Civic Center arena …
January 13: The Traumatized Future Star Who Survived the Hartford Circus Fire
Born today in 1931, Charles Nelson Reilly was a Tony-Award-winning actor, comedian, and beloved TV personality best known for his appearances as a campy character actor on countless game sho…
#Connecticut#TodayInConnecticutHistory#Birthday Happy Birthday Connecticut, you are one of the small old guy, and there's a lot wrong with you, mainly income inequality, but there's a LOT to be happy about, too. I am lucky to have been raised in very rural area and still live simply and in a small town,