Case file · High strangeness
New England's Dark Day
On 19 May 1780 the sky over New England turned so dark by midday that candles were needed and many feared the Day of Judgment had come.
1780 CE · 41.77, -72.68 · status: explained
The account
In the Connecticut Council at Hartford, Abraham Davenport famously refused to adjourn, saying that if it was the end of the world he wished to be found doing his duty: 'let candles be brought'. The darkness lasted into the night.