06.04.2018 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5 in the wake of his victory in California’s...
06.22.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Actress Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash in New Orleans at age 34. British actress Maggie Smith married Robert Stephens in a...
05.09.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY The 1 millionth telephone was installed in the United States. The Jimi Hendrix Experience released its debut album, “Are You Experienced?” The Greek military...
04.24.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Expo 67, the World’s Fair, opened in Montreal with the date coinciding with the centennial of the Canadian Confederation. Muhammad Ali refused military service...
01.23.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Three astronauts — Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died during a launch pad rehearsal when the Apollo 1 command module caught fire.