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Connecticut - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1639-01-14 |
1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford, published by Rodger Ludlow |
1639-01-24 |
Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders |
1643-05-19 |
Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut & New Harbor form United Colonies of New England |
1644-02-05 |
1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut |
1647-05-26 |
Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut. |
1656-10-02 |
British north American colony of Connecticut passes law against Quakers |
1662-04-23 |
Connecticut chartered as an English colony |
1662-05-03 |
Royal charter granted to Connecticut |
1664-12-15 |
English colonizing Connecticut |
1675-11-02 |
A combined attack by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War. |
1682-06-10 |
Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3 ft diameter oak tree |
1696-12-07 |
Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the U.S. is completed to Trumbull. |
1777-01-15 |
People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England |
1788-01-09 |
Connecticut becomes 5th state |
1803-05-22 |
1st public library opens (Connecticut) |
1853-05-06 |
1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
1862-02-14 |
Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut |
1878-02-21 |
World's 1st telephone directory issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut) |
1900-07-28 |
Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut |
1922-09-20 |
Franco Ventriglia, Fairfield, Connecticut, opera singer, (d. 2012) |
1924-12-16 |
Hiram Bingham is elected as a Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate forcing him to resign as Governor of Connecticut after serving only one day in office, the shortest term of any Connecticut Governor |
1926-07-22 |
105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) |
1927-11-03 |
Rodgers & Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee" premieres in NYC |
1939-04-19 |
Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late) |
1943-02-16 |
-32°F (-36°C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record) |
1954-01-21 |
USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched on the Thames, Connecticut. |
1955-08-17 |
Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 & doing $1.8 billion damage |
1955-08-19 |
32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) |
1965-06-07 |
The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples. |
1969-06-05 |
Race riot in Hartford, Connecticut |
2012-12-14 |
28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut |
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Connecticut - Notable Birthdays
Connecticut - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1586-07-05 |
Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647) |
1597-04-09 |
John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) |
1606-02-12 |
John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676) |
1703-10-05 |
Jonathan Edwards, East Windsor, Connecticut Colony, Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin) |
1738-01-10 |
Ethan Allen, Litchfield Connecticut, American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mtn Boys) |
1741-01-14 |
Benedict Arnold, Norwich Connecticut, US general turned traitor (American Revolutionary War) |
1758-10-16 |
Noah Webster, West Hartford, Connecticut, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), (d. 1843) |
1759-10-20 |
Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815) |
1785-11-21 |
William Beaumont, Lebanon, Connecticut, surgeon (Father of gastric physiology), (d. 1853) |
1800-05-09 |
John Brown, Torrington, Connecticut, American revolutionary abolitionist (d. 1859) |
1800-12-29 |
Charles Goodyear, New Haven Connecticut, American inventor (vulcanization process for rubber) |
1811-06-14 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Litchfield Connecticut, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin) |
1814-07-19 |
Samuel Colt, Hartford Connecticut, US inventor/industrialist (Colt 6 shot revolver), (d. 1862) |
1822-04-26 |
Frederick Law Olmsted, Hartford, Connecticut, writer and landscape architect (designed Central Park) |
1831-04-06 |
Lorrin A. Cooke, Governor Cook and Staff, Connecticut |
1837-04-17 |
J. P. Morgan, Hartford, Connecticut, American banker/CEO (US Steel Corporation) |
1857-07-25 |
Frank Sprague, Milford Connecticut, American Inventor who installed the first U.S. electric trolley system in Richmond, Virgina |
1861-08-06 |
Edith Roosevelt, Norwich Connecticut, First Lady of the United States and wife of Teddy Roosevelt |
1873-03-04 |
John H. Trumbull, 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (d. 1961) |
1875-11-19 |
Hiram Bingham, Connecticut, American Archaeologist (Incan site of Machu Picchu) |
1886-08-14 |
Charles Leahy, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
1889-05-14 |
Frank Magee, Christmas in Connecticut |
1899-03-13 |
John Van Vleck, Middletown Connecticut, American Physicist, Mathematician, and Nobel Laureate who pioneered the modern quantum mechanical theory of magnetism |
1903-05-02 |
Benjamin Spock, New Haven, Connecticut, American pediatrician (Common Sense Book of Baby Care) |
1908-04-16 |
Lionel Houser, Christmas in Connecticut |
1908-12-20 |
Dennis Morgan, Christmas in Connecticut |
1910-11-14 |
Tony Cirillo, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
1914-05-15 |
Blair Davies, Connecticut State Police |
1915-08-02 |
Gary Merrill, Hartford, Connecticut, American actor (Young Dr Kildare, All About Eve) |
1920-11-05 |
Tommy Goodwin [Thomas], Connecticut, British Track Cyclist (2 X Olympic Bronze 1948), (d. 2012) |
1923-12-07 |
Ted Knight, Terryville, Connecticut, American actor (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort) |
1925-11-21 |
Loretta Daye, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
1926-09-07 |
Ed Warren [Edward Warren Miney], Bridgeport Connecticut, American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting) |
1927-01-31 |
Lorraine Warren, Monroe Connecticut, American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting) |
1934-02-27 |
Ralph Nader, Winsted Connecticut, American consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed) |
1936-07-10 |
Barbara B Kennelly, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1982- ) |
1942-02-24 |
Joe Lieberman, (Sen-D Connecticut) |
1943-03-02 |
Rosa DeLauro, (Rep-D-Connecticut) |
1945-10-18 |
Christopher Shays, (Rep-R-Connecticut) |
1946-06-16 |
Jodi Rell, American politician, governor of Connecticut |
1946-07-06 |
George W. Bush Jr, New Haven, Connecticut, 43rd President of the United States (2001-09) and 46th Governor of Texas (1995-2000) (R-TX) |
1947-07-26 |
Al Anderson, Windsor, Connecticut, guitarist (NRBQ) |
1948-05-20 |
Samuel Gejdenson, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1981- ) |
1949-10-02 |
Annie Leibovitz, Waterbury, Connecticut, photographer (Rolling Stones) |
1950-06-08 |
Elmar Oliveira, Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978) |
1953-02-09 |
Gary Franks, (Rep-R-Connecticut) |
1955-9-05 |
Carmen Reed, The Haunting in Connecticut |
1961-10-26 |
Dylan McDermott, Waterbury, Connecticut, American actor (The Practice, American Horror Story) |
1962-02-06 |
Adam Simon, The Haunting in Connecticut |
1967-07-05 |
Robert J. Kral, The Haunting in Connecticut |
1967-12-15 |
Mo Vaughn, Norwalk, Connecticut, American MLB first baseman (Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995) |
1968-08-03 |
Jenee Bandler, Christmas in Connecticut |
1969-11-10 |
Jonathan Kennedy, The Haunting in Connecticut |
1971-07-01 |
Wanda Gonzalez, Miss Connecticut USA (1996) |
1972-08-23 |
Isaac Visaretis, The Connecticut Conspiracy |
1973-05-30 |
Christine Pavone, Miss USA-Connecticut (1997) |
1973-11-11 |
Stacy Perrone, Wolcott Conn, Meet Miss America-Connecticut (1997) |
1973-12-24 |
Stephenie Meyer, Hartford, Connecticut, Author (Twilight) |
1975-10-20 |
Bradley Snedeker, The Fear Is Real: Reinvestigating the Haunting (in Connecticut) |
1976-02-24 |
Sarah Constible, The Haunting in Connecticut |
1976-04-12 |
David Coggeshall, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia |
1977-01-06 |
Amy Zappone, Wolcott Connecticut, Miss America-Connecticut (1996) |
1978-02-28 |
Marissa Perez, Miss Connecticut Teen USA (1996) |
1979-06-15 |
Alita Dawson, Miss Connecticut Teen USA (1997) |
1979-12-30 |
Tamara Harland, The Haunting in Connecticut |
1983-04-23 |
Garth Merkeley, The Haunting in Connecticut |
1985-09-16 |
Madeline Zima, New Haven, Connecticut, American actress (The Nanny, Californication) |
1991-07-15 |
Erik J. Berg, The Haunting in Connecticut |
Connecticut - Notable Weddings
Connecticut - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1775-08-28 |
Statesman John Hancock (38) weds hostess Dorothy Quincy (28) in Fairfield, Connecticut |
1931-02-07 |
Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (33) weds publisher George Palmer Putnam (43) in Noank, Connecticut |
1940-11-30 |
"I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds actor Desi Arnaz (23) in Greenwich, Connecticut |
1950-06-17 |
US Attorney General robert kennedy (24) weds Ethel Kennedy (25) at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich, Connecticut |
1951-06-04 |
Actress Janet Leigh (23) weds actor Tony Curtis (26) in Greenwich, Connecticut |
1978-09-30 |
Actress Meryl Streep (29) weds sculptor Don Gummer (31) in Mason's Island, Connecticut |
1980-10-12 |
Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman (43) weds businesswoman Lisa Gottsegen (26) in Roxbury, Connecticut |
1989-09-16 |
Tennis player Ivan Lendl (29) weds Samantha Frankel in Greenwich, Connecticut |
1998-06-21 |
"Home Alone" actor Macaulay Culkin (17) weds broadway actress Rachel Miner (17) in Stone Church in New Preston, Connecticut |
2006-05-13 |
Actress Sara Bakker weds Sloan Alexander at the United Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut |
2007-12-15 |
"Marchesa" designer Georgina Chapman (31) weds Miramax mogul Harvey Weinstein (55) in Connecticut, USA |
2008-12-12 |
Fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger (57) weds former model Dee Ocleppo in Greenwich, Connecticut |
2010-10-10 |
"Blossom" actress Jenna von Oy (33) weds Dell computer data consultant Brad Bratcher (39) in Newtown, Connecticut |
Connecticut - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1670-03-15 |
John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (b. 1597) |
1689-07-08 |
Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622) |
1902-08-12 |
Lorrin A. Cooke, Governor Cook and Staff, Connecticut |
1949-11-12 |
Lionel Houser, Christmas in Connecticut |
1957-09-19 |
Harold Worthington, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
1981-02-05 |
Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919) |
1982-06-14 |
Cliff Hartley, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
1994-09-07 |
Dennis Morgan, Christmas in Connecticut |
1995-08-23 |
Loretta Daye, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
2003-05-17 |
Blair Davies, Connecticut State Police |
2011-02-04 |
Jenee Bandler, Christmas in Connecticut |
