May 19, 1780
Sun...dark
Moon...red
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England%27s_Dark_Day
IIRC, Frederick Douglas witnessed it, and Whittier wrote about this guy:
In Connecticut, a member of the legislature, Abraham Davenport, became most famous for his response to his colleagues’ fears that it was the Day of Judgment:
“I choose, for one, to meet Him face to face, No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest calls; And therefore, with all reverence, I would say, Let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles.”[7]
sure is purty!