The Year Was

April 8th...The One With The Missing Statue (Venus de Milo)

We examine the year 1820 as the Venus de Milo is discovered.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
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http://www.venusdemilo.gr/discovery/
http://www.venusdemilo.gr/history/
https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/aphrodite-known-venus-de-milo
https://www.historychannel.com.au/articles/venus-de-milo-discovered/
https://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-venus-de-milos-arms
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/MAGIANN-1360387-milos-island-greece-nikos/
 
Photo: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9nus_de_Milo#/media/Fichier:The_legendary_Venus_de_Milo_in_the_Louvre,_9_February_2014_cropped.jpg
 

April 1st...April Fools Day

We examine the years 1700, 1582, 1563, the 300s AD and 1983 as we take a look at April Fools Day. 
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-fools-tradition-popularized
https://www.infoplease.com/calendar-holidays/major-holidays/april-fools-day-origin-and-history
https://www.britannica.com/event/Council-of-Trent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great
http://www.bu.edu/articles/2009/how-a-bu-prof-april-fooled-the-country
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/julian-gregorian-switch.html
photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester#/media/File:%22The_Court_Jester%22_(4540421737).jpg

March 25th...The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire

We examine the year 1911 as the Triangle Shirtwaist Company results in the death of 145. 
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
https://steemit.com/history/@splus/march-25-31-in-history-1st-easter-according-to-calendar-maker-dionysius-exiguus
https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/north-america/us/triangle-waist-company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire
https://www.osha.gov/oas/NYCOSH_Triangle_Jounal.pdf

March 18th...The New London School Explosion

We examine the year 1937 as the school of New London, Texas was destroyed and nearly 300 people were killed in a gas explosion.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/294-killed-in-New-London-Texas-school-explosion-11010292.php
https://aoghs.org/oil-almanac/new-london-texas-school-explosion/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/natural-gas-explosion-kills-schoolchildren-in-texas
https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/oh-my-god-its-our-children/
https://time.com/5359158/new-london-school-explosion/
https://aoghs.org/petroleum-pioneers/east-texas-oilfield/
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/tag/natural-gas-prices/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc

March 11th...The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

We examine the year 1302 as Romeo and Juliet are married (according to William Shakespear).
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
https://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/romeo.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxrjfrd/revision/1
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/shakespeares-plays/romeo-and-juliet/
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/themes/
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/romeo-and-juliet-not-shakespearean-tale-after-all-003155

March 4th...The Short Presidency of William Henry Harrison

We examine the years 1774 as William Hershel spots the Orion Nebula, and 1841 as William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as the 9th President of the United States and delivers the longest inaugural address.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
Photo credit: (Orion Nebula) Matt Vann
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/today-in-history-march-4/ss-BBU4zZY?li=BBnbcA1&srcref=rss&ocid=iehrs
https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/orion-nebula-jewel-in-orions-sword
https://www.onthisday.com/people/william-henry-harrison
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/william-henry-harrison
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whig-party
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/whig-party
https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Devil-and-Daniel-Webster-by-Benet
https://www.biography.com/us-president/william-henry-harrison

February 26th...Victor Hugo (The Detective:The Mystery of Victor Hugo)

We examine the year 1802 as Victor Hugo is born.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victor-Hugo
https://www.biography.com/writer/victor-hugo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromwell_(play)
https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/cromwell-iid-137383
https://freesound.org/people/Mxsmanic/sounds/139109/

February 19th...Executive Order 9066 or: How I learned to Start Worrying and NOT Love the Japanese Internment Camps

We examine the year 1942 as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, and orders the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-signs-executive-order-9066
https://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/injustice-japanese-americans-internment-camps-resonates-strongly-180961422/
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
https://www.britannica.com/event/Japanese-American-internment
https://www.nps.gov/articles/historyinternment.htm
http://nikkeijin.densho.org/legacy/reference_ch2_04_false_reports_en.html
https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2013/11/22/a-slaps-a-slap-general-john-l-dewitt-and-four-little-words/
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/high-school-life-rohwer-war-relocation-center?gclid=Cj0KCQiAyp7yBRCwARIsABfQsnRsBZkWSlQt1BQ4NjYTbOuaqvFpsdcff6BAnLEJit241VHsaknUf5kaAtq0EALw_wcB
https://listverse.com/2018/06/30/10-horrifying-wwii-internment-camps-set-up-all-around-the-world/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-J-McCloy
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/27/hitlers-nephew-served-in-the-us-navy-and-earned-a-purple-heart/
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/pearl-harbor-speech/
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/

February 12th...The Murder of James Bulger

We examine the year 1993 as Jon Venables and Robert Thompson abduct and murder James Bulger.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/james-bulger-killers-jon-venables-robert-thompson-murder-now-494467
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/james-bulger-killer-jon-venables-freed-within-weeks-robert-thompson-a9064976.html
https://allthatsinteresting.com/james-bulger-killers-robert-thompson-jon-venables
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/bulger-killers-could-have-been-motivated-by-envy-of-a-child-who-was-loved-new-doco-claims/news-story/f0f2bb0542857daaa51c47b0ffba1156
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4980630/what-happened-james-bulger-killers-jon-venables-robert-thompson-denise-fergus/

February 5th...The Feast of St. Agatha

We examine the year...every year as the Feast of St. Agatha of Sicily is held.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
 
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
 
Cover art Saint Agatha, detail from a painting of Francisco de Zurbarán
 
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=14
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Agatha
https://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Missal/Text/EP1-A4.pdf
https://www.sicily-holiday.com/en/sicilian-traditions/136-visit-saintagatha-feast-catania.html
http://www.visitsicily.info/en/santagata-in-catania/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120053/?ref_=tt_ch
https://www.dummies.com/religion/christianity/catholicism/what-are-the-requirements-for-sainthood/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27140646
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAAXorA4pg8