Today in Connecticut History
Cities in Connecticut: Hartford, CT - New Haven - Stamford, CT
Historical Events
Events 1 - 27 of 27
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 - US colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers
1662-04-23 - Connecticut chartered as an English colony
1662-05-03 - Royal charter granted 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' 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)
1878-02-21 - 1st telephone book 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)
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)
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
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 30 of 30
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)
1741-01-14 - Benedict Arnold, Norwich Connecticut, US general turned traitor (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, inventor (vulcanization process for rubber), (d. 1860)
1814-07-19 - Samuel Colt, Hartford Connecticut, US inventor/industrialist (Colt 6 shot revolver), (d. 1862)
1873-03-04 - John H. Trumbull, 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (d. 1961)
Inventor/Industrialist Samuel Colt (1814-07-19)
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)
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 Have, Connecticut, 43rd President of the United States (2001-09) and 46th Governor of Texas (1995-2000) (R-TX)
1948-05-20 - Samuel Gejdenson, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1981- )
1949-10-02 - Annie Leibovitz, Waterbury, Connecticut, photgrapher (Rolling Stones)
1950-06-08 - Elmar Oliveira, Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978)
1953-02-09 - Gary Franks, (Rep-R-Connecticut)
1971-07-01 - Wanda Gonzalez, Miss Connecticut USA (1996)
1973-05-30 - Christine Pavone, Miss USA-Connecticut (1997)
1973-11-11 - Stacy Perrone, Wolcott Conn, Meet Miss America-Connecticut (1997)
Author Stephenie Meyer (1973-12-24)
1973-12-24 - Stephenie Meyer, Hartford, Connecticut, Author (Twilight)
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)
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 6 of 6
1940-11-30 - "I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds actor Desi Arnaz (23) 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
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 3 of 3
1670-03-15 - John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (b. 1597)
1689-07-08 - Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
1981-02-05 - Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
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