CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityofmiddletown.com/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.middlesexchamber.com/

Population:
43167 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1650 (incorporated), 1653 (renamed)

County:
Middlesex County

Founded 1650 as Mattabeseck, renamed to Middletown in 1653.

County seat of Middlesex County, 1785-1960.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Middlesex Community College Connecticut	1966
Xavier High School, Middletown, CT	1963
Wesleyan University	1831

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dean Acheson	Government	11-Apr-1893	12-Oct-1971	US Secretary of State, 1949-53
Susan Bysiewicz	Politician	1961		Connecticut Secretary of State, 1998-2011
Jules Dassin	Film Director	18-Dec-1911	31-Mar-2008	Topkapi
Reginald De Koven	Composer	3-Apr-1859	16-Jan-1920	Oh, Promise Me
James Naughton	Actor	6-Dec-1945		The Paper Chase
John H. van Vleck	Physicist	13-Mar-1899	27-Oct-1980	Quantum theory of paramagnetism
Henry Clay Work	Composer	1-Oct-1832	8-Jun-1884	Marching Through Georgia
Walter B. Wriston	Business	3-Aug-1919	19-Jan-2005	CEO of Citibank, 1967-84

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Horgan	Author	1-Aug-1903	8-Mar-1995	Great River: The Rio Grande
William Manchester	Author	1-Apr-1922	1-Jun-2004	The Last Lion
Max Showalter	Actor	2-Jun-1917	30-Jul-2000	Niagara
Frank B. Weeks	Politician	20-Jan-1854	2-Oct-1935	Governor of Connecticut, 1909-11

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