The Year Was

July 27th...Bugs Bunny and Insulin

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 179. This time we examine the years 1940 as Bugs Bunny is introduced to the world, and 1921 as insulin is isolated for the first time by Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best. 
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.marvel.com/characters/black-bolt
https://looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/Porky%27s_Hare_Hunt
https://looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/A_Wild_Hare
https://looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/Bugs_Bunny
https://mentalitch.com/history-of-bugs-bunny/
https://www.umassmed.edu/dcoe/diabetes-education/patient-resources/banting-and-best-discover-insulin/
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21743-pancreas
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323774#development
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Photo: 
https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bugs-bunny-changes-evolved.png

July 20th...The Moon Landing

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 178. This time we examine the year 1969 as NASA’s Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. 
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.rbth.com/history/330657-luna-15-secret-moonshot
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/world/jfk-may-1961-moon-speech-spc-scn-intl/index.html
https://www.gaia.com/article/what-did-nasa-really-discover-on-the-moon
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/apollo-11/in-depth/
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/240000-miles-to-the-moon
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apollo-11
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
https://www.history.com/news/moon-landing-fake-conspiracy-theories
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-stanley-kubrick-faked-moon-landings/
https://www.livescience.com/65984-top-moon-conspiracies.html
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Photo: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#/media/File:Apollo_11_bootprint.jpg

July 13th...The Barnum Museum Fire

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 177. This time we examine the year 1978 as Lee Iacocca is fired from Ford Motor Company by Henry Ford II, and 1865 as Barnum’s American Museum Burns Down. 
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-ii-fires-lee-iacocca
https://www.peta.org/blog/two-whales-boiled-alive-pt-barnums-american-museum/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-cursed-history-of-pt-barnums-museums
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pt-barnums-bizarre-museum-burned-ground-1865-180955955/
https://now.tufts.edu/2017/01/17/great-barnum-fire-oral-history
https://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/
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Photo: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum%27s_American_Museum#/media/File:39_William_England_-_Barnum's_museum,_New_York.jpg

July 6th...The Hartford Circus Fire

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 176. This time we examine the year 1944 as the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus burns down in Hartford, Connecticut. 
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.grunge.com/228163/the-flying-wallendas-the-truth-about-the-daredevil-family/
http://www.circopedia.org/Alfred_Court
http://www.circusfire1944.com/
https://connecticuthistory.org/the-hartford-circus-fire/
https://scholarscollaborative.org/Hartford/culture/the-tragic-hartford-circus-fire-of-1944/
https://www.ctmq.org/hartford-circus-fire-memorial/
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Photo: 
http://www.circusfire1944.com/during-the-fire.html

June 29th...The Globe Theater Fire

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 175. This time we examine the year 1613 as William Shakespeare's London Globe Theater burns to the ground.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shakespeare
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/william-shakespeares-family/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-globe-theater-burns-down
https://the-globe-theatre.weebly.com/the-globe-theatre-fire.html
https://todayinhistory.org/06/29/1613-shakespeares-globe-theatre-in-london-england-burns-down-during-a-performance-of-henry-viii/
https://www.exploreshakespearesworld.com/shakespeares-world-app/who-destroyed-the-globe-in-1613/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shakespeare/Career-in-the-theatre
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Globe-Theatre
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shakespeare-and-the-Liberties-1086252
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Photo: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre#/media/File:Hollar_Long_View_detail.png

June 22nd...Joe Louis and His Heavy Weight Victory

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 174. This time we examine the years 1937 as Joe Louis becomes boxings Heavy-Weight Champion of the World, and 1938 as Joe Louis defends his title in a rematch against MAx Schmeling.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/joe-louis
https://www.biography.com/athlete/joe-louis
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-Louis
https://www.history101.com/june-22-1937-joe-louis-defeats-james-j-braddock/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_II
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Photo: 
https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTIwNjA4NjMzODg5Nzg1MzU2/joe-louis-9386989-1-402.jpg

June 15th...The Oldest National Flag

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 173. This time we examine the years 1844 as Charles Goodyear patents vulcanized rubber, 1219 as the Danish flag begins its journey to become the oldest national flag, 1667 as the first human blood transfusion is performed, 1877 as HenryOssian Flipper becomes the first African American to graduate Westpoint, and 1878 as the first moving pictures were caught on camera.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/2255/June-15-1844-Charles-Goodyear-and-Vulcanized-Rubber
https://www.thoughtco.com/vulcanized-rubber-1991862
http://www.famousdaily.com/history/goodyear-patents-vulcanization-process.html
https://monroeengineering.com/blog/what-is-vulcanized-rubber/
http://historyarch.com/2019/06/16/the-legend-of-the-dannebrog-the-worlds-oldest-national-flag-turns-800/
https://denmark.dk/people-and-culture/dannebrog-800-years
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-continuously-used-national-flag
https://www.history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-bloodletting
https://www.britannica.com/story/the-strange-grisly-history-of-the-first-blood-transfusion
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/350-years-ago-doctor-performed-first-human-blood-transfusion-sheep-was-involved-180963631/
https://daily.jstor.org/first-blood-transfusion/
https://shannonselin.com/2018/10/blood-transfusion-history/
https://www.thecenterforruleoflaw.org/rule-of-law-blog/june-15-1877-henry-ossian-flipper-becomes-the-first-african-american-cadet-to-graduate-from-the-united-states-military-academy
https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-first-african-american-graduate-of-west-point.htm
https://www.blackfacts.com/fact/june-15-1877-henry-o-flipper-becomes-first-african-american-cadet-from-usma
https://farriersmagic.com/do-all-four-hooves-ever-leave-the-ground-at-the-same-time/
https://historycooperative.org/first-movie-ever-made/
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Photo: 
https://www.onthisday.com/photos/dannebrog
Artist: Christian August Lorentzen
Source: Statens Museum for Kunst

June 8th...Dolly Parton Hits #1

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 172. This time we examine the year 1974 as Dolly Parton’s song “I Will Always Love You” reaches #1 on the country chart, 1949 as 1984 by George Orwell is Published, and 1984 as New South Wales decriminalizes homosexual sex between consensual males.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://calendar.songfacts.com/june/8/18446
https://www.thefactsite.com/day/june-8/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Orwell
https://www.biography.com/writer/george-orwell
https://www.liveabout.com/i-will-always-love-you-history-931698
https://www.nickiswift.com/285518/the-truth-about-dolly-partons-relationship-with-porter-wagoner/
https://www.grunge.com/239591/inside-dolly-partons-complicated-history-with-porter-wagoner/
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a30570197/dolly-parton-i-will-always-love-you-lyrics-meaning/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Orwell/Animal-Farm-and-Nineteen-Eighty-four
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/30-years-since-homosexuality-was-decriminalised-in-nsw/123148
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-is-published
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_New_South_Wales
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Photo: 
http://vps42216.inmotionhosting.com/~willie14/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dolly_porter.jpg

June 1st...The Heimlich Maneuver and Other Stories

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 171. This time we examine the year 1947 as the Doomsday Clock is introduced, 1965 (???) as Oscar the Grouch is born, 1974 as the Heimlich Maneuver is first introduced, and 1938 as Superman first appears in Action Comics No. 1. 
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/timeline/
https://thebulletin.org/2022/03/bulletin-science-and-security-board-condemns-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-doomsday-clock-stays-at-100-seconds-to-midnight/?utm_source=ClockStatementPage&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=DoomsdayClockMarchStatement
https://thebulletin.org/virtual-tour/who-sets-the-doomsday-clock/
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Oscar_the_Grouch
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jon_Stone
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dr-heimlich-got-maneuver
https://www.janetwhardy.com/when-did-superman-first-appeared-in-comic-books/
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman_Vol_1
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman_Publication_History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1
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Photo: 
https://mediaassets.wcpo.com/photo/2014/02/06/013014%20heimlich%20071_1391720248324_2375670_ver1.0_640_480.jpg

May 25th...The Blind Everest Climb

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 170. This time we examine the year 1944 as Muppeteer, actor, director Frank Oz is born, 1977 as Star Wars is released, and 2001 as Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind man to scale Mount Everest.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000568/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/
https://www.biography.com/news/george-lucas-star-wars-facts
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Star-Wars-film-series
https://www.grunge.com/36189/untold-truth-original-star-wars/
https://www.history.com/news/the-real-history-that-inspired-star-wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZPTtmydkE
https://erikweihenmayer.com/about-erik/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/erik-weihenmayer
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Photo: 
https://assets.entrepreneur.com/content/3x2/2000/20191014072347-1999.jpeg