January - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

Connecticut’s Black Civil War Regiment

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Oldest College Daily – Today in History: January 28

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A Total Eclipse of the Sun – Today in History: January 24

Civic Center Roof Collapses – Today in History: January 18

Timothy Dwight Dies – Today in History: January 11

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Connecticut Ratifies US Constitution – Today in History: January 9

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Connecticut Turnpike Opens – Today in History: January 2

Creative License, or Fundamental Fact?

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Connecticut Yankee Brings Power to the People

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A Busy Airfield in Bethany

Sophie Tucker, The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas

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Benedict Arnold: America’s Most Famous Traitor

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Miss James, First Woman Pharmacist in CT Right in Old Saybrook

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Samuel Colt: From Yankee Peddler to American Tycoon

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Frozen Reservoir Destroys Danbury – Today in History: January 31

Town Patents the Lattice Truss Bridge – Today in History: January 28

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William Douglas: A Colonial Hero’s Sacrifice

Henry Barnard Advances State and National Education Initiatives

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Ethan Allen Born – Today in History: January 10

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The Smith Sisters and Their Cows Strike a Blow for Equal Rights – Today in History: January 8

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Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Took On Standard Oil

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The First US Can Opener – Today in History: January 5

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“Tom Thumb” Born – Today in History: January 4

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Elizabeth Bentley Born – Today in History: January 1

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Laboring in the Shade

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“An Admirable Portrait” of Frederick Douglass

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A Connecticut Slave in George Washington’s Army

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First General Copyright Law – Today in History: January 29

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G. Fox & Co. Destroyed by Fire – Today in History: January 29

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Site Lines: The Mysterious Blue Lights

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Ernest Borgnine: Breaking the Hollywood Mold

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Connecticut Yankee and Millstone: 48 Years of Nuclear Power

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The Launch of the USS Nautilus – Today in History: January 21

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New Haven Coliseum Imploded – Today in History: January 20

Anna Louise James Makes History with Medicine

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Dr. E. Irene Boardman Never Stopped Serving the Public

The Fundamental Orders: Connecticut’s Role in Early Constitutional Government

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Sam Colt’s Funeral: The Day Hartford Stopped

The Education of Ella Grasso

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The Ghost Ship of New Haven Sets Sail Shrouded in Mystery

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Lounsbury Elected Governor – Today in History: January 4

The Great Remedy: Picturing the Emancipation Proclamation

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Seth Thomas Works Around the Clock in Wolcott

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Hope for the West: The Life and Mission of Lyman Beecher

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The Hartford Wheel Club: Disparity in the Gilded Age

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First General Copyright Law – Today in History: January 29

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First Commercial Telephone Exchange – Today in History: January 28

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The Astronomical Event of the Century

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John Fitch Born – Today in History: January 21

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Almost a Tragedy: The Collapse of the Hartford Civic Center

The Tariffville Disaster – Today in History: January 15

Land Purchase Becomes Bushnell Park – Today in History: January 5

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Honor and Duty: The Life of Alfred Howe Terry

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The Connecticut Ratification Convention

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Reel Lawn Mower Patent – Today in History: January 28

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Video: No Booze for You – Who Knew?

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