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This Month in Connecticut History: March
In this episode, learn how an invention in Ellington changed not one, but two different industries nationwide, take a look back at a major day for the Hartford Whalers and a devastating blizzard in the 1880s, the dominance of UConn women’s basketball on the court, and more on This Month in Connecticut History.
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This Month in Connecticut History: February
A look at some of the stories, moments and events that have made history in our state in February.
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This Month in Connecticut History: November
In this episode, learn how a sailor from Stonington discovered Antarctica, take a look back at a powerful ice storm and the history of the “The Game,” the Harvard and Yale football game, goes back to 1875. That and more on this This Month in CT History.
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This Month in Connecticut History: October
From the founding of Yale University to a 1979 tornado in Windsor Locks, we recap some of the biggest pieces of October history to occur in Connecticut. Plus, a local connection to a recent championship sports team.
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Hitler's birthplace is being turned into a police station
The move is intended to make it unattractive as a place of pilgrimage for Nazi sympathizers and hate groups.
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The world's oldest shoes? Sandals found in bat cave are thousands of years old, study finds
The sandals are the “earliest and widest-ranging” collection of prehistoric footwear ever found in Europe, a new study said.
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Connecticut town celebrates anniversary of state's first English settlement
September 26th is a notable day for one Connecticut town, that prides itself in being first. The town of Windsor, located just north of Hartford, was home to the first English settlement in the entire state, according to the town’s historical society. The first English settlers arrived on September 26, 1633 according to the town, making today the 390th anniversary…
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Rare tickets to Ford's Theatre on the night Lincoln was assassinated auction for $262,500
A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — has sold at auction for $262,500.
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This Month in Connecticut History: September
A local fair with more than 100 years of history, some early advancements in aviation, and one of the biggest hurricanes in New England history. It all happened right here in Connecticut, all in the month of September.
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200-year-old schoolhouse in Avon to become new history museum
A 200-year-old schoolhouse in Avon will soon become a history museum. The Avon Historical Society expects the renovations to be complete in spring of 2024. Meantime, work on the building’s exterior has already begun. Crews were busy on Wednesday, renovating the now centuries-old structure. It’s a one-room schoolhouse, dating back to 1823. According to the Avon Historical Society, Avon...
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200-year-old schoolhouse in Avon will become a history museum
A 200-year-old schoolhouse in Avon will soon become a history museum.
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This Month in Connecticut History: August
A stop in Enfield reveals a nearly forgotten piece of Connecticut sports history. Plus, tropical storm Isaias, Bob Maxon’s NBC CT debut, and other pieces of Connecticut history from the month of August!
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What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Here’s what you need to know about this important holiday.
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Rediscovering History in the Norwichtown Colonial Burying Ground
Rediscovering History, a nonprofit group of volunteers, is repairing headstones in the Norwichtown Colonial Burying Ground.
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Explorers Find WWII Ship Sunk With Over 1,000 Allied POWs
Explorers have announced they found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives.
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Holocaust Survivor Shares 60-Year Secret: He Arrested One of Hitler's Top Officers
One of the architects of the Holocaust was Arthur Seyss-Inquart, one of the most loyal and high-ranking officers of Hitler’s Nazi party. He might have escaped justice the day the Nazis surrendered, if not for a NYC man who shared his heroic story for the first time
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When is Women's History Month? Everything You Need to Know
Decades before the month-long celebration came to be, some Americans celebrated “Women’s Day.”
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Pieces of History: Old North Church Records Reveal Untold Stories of Black and Indigenous Parishioners
The Old North Church is seen as an iconic landmark of the Revolution, but what we are taught is dictated by who is writing the story.