Yup, ... Darkness fell on Eastern Canada and New England States.
When you ask. Well, it was 225 years ago!
I like to think that this was way before the Jehovah's Witness Religion existed, but I'm sure the people still may have been terrified that the end of the world was here and it was the works of the devil.
Taken from my morning paper:
Today in History
Darkness fell on Eastern Canada and the New England states at 2 p.m., 225 years ago today, in 1780. Many people gathered in churches for comfort during the so-called "dark day." Scientists believe smoke and ash from forest fires burning to the west in Canada and the United States most likely became concentrated into a dense cloud which was drawn across eastern North America by passing low pressure.