10.22.2018 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY The United States men’s basketball team beat Yugoslavia 65-50 to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics. People in the United States...
04.23.2018 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY The rock musical “Hair” opened at the Biltmore Theater and ran for 1,750 performances with many of its songs becoming anthems for the anti-Vietnam...
01.23.2018 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY U.S. gymnast Mary Lou Retton, who would take home a gold, two silver and two bronze medals from the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
10.02.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Residnets of the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco conducted a mock funeral to observe the end of the hippie movement there since the neighborhood...
07.03.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY The Beatles released “All You Need Is Love” while the Doors’ “Light My Fire” climbed to the top of the pop charts. Five weeks...