07.09.2018 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Eugene McCarthy was cheered at the Washington State Democratic convention, but when the votes were counted, it was Vice President Hubert Humphrey who won...
12.18.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Louis Washkansky, the first person to undergo a heart transplant, died 18 days later in Cape Town, South Africa, as a result of drugs...
11.13.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski won the American League’s Most Valuable Player award. Surveyor 6 became the first man-made object to lift off...
01.09.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Dr. James Bedford, author and University of California psychology professor, became the first person to be cryogenically preserved following his death. His body is...