The Year Was

December 29th...The Annexation of Texas

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 149. This time we examine the year 1845 as the Republic of Texas is annexed by the United States and becomes the 28th state. 
Also new Microphone new problems.
Update schedule will be temporarily sporadic.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/texas-history-timeline
https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/texas
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/annexation/part1/page2.html
https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h302.html
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/texas-annexation
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/annexation/index.html
https://www.britannica.com/place/Texas-state/Annexation-and-statehood
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Photo: 
https://statequarterguide.com/images/Proof-Texas.jpg

December 22nd...The Sundra Strait Tsunami and the Child of Krakatoa

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 148. This time we examine the year 2018 as the island of Anak Krakatau erupts and causes a landslide that leads to the Sundra Strait Tsunami.
Also new Microphone new problems.
There have been some issues with the upload schedule due to work, but with the holidays nearing an end it should be back to normal soon.
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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 
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Sources:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/5638/anak-krakatau
https://www.onthisday.com/articles/krakatoa-the-worlds-mightiest-explosion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Sunda_Strait_tsunami
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46669280
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz1377
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/krakatoa/2018/dec/eruption-tsunami/updates.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/24/anak-krakatoa-the-dark-history-of-volcano-emerging-from-the-sea/
https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disaster/sunda-strait-tsunami-indonesia/
https://thediplomat.com/2018/12/after-the-tsunami-in-indonesias-sunda-strait/
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Photo: 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46669280

December 15th...The U.S. Patent Office Fire

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 147. This time we examine the year 1836 as The U.S. Patent Office burns down.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
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Sources:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Which-was-the-first-patent-ever-to-be-granted/articleshow/806647.cms
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51814/first-10-us-patents
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
https://www.freemansauction.com/news/1836-us-patent-fire/
https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3957.html
https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/patent-and-trademark-resource-centers-ptrc/history-and-0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office
https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2018/12/13/recalling-the-devastating-patent-office-fire-of-1836/
https://suiter.com/the-united-states-patent-and-trademark-office-fire-of-1877/
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Photo: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1836_U.S._Patent_Office_fire#/media/File:Blodget's_Hotel,_built_1793.tif

December 8th...The Death of John Lennon

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 146. This time we examine the year 1980 as John Lennon is murdered outside his home in New York.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
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Sources:
https://treehozz.com/who-was-john-lennons-parents
https://www.biography.com/musician/john-lennon
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Lennon
https://www.ranker.com/list/stories-about-john-lennons-dark-side/erin-wisti
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mark-david-chapman-man-killed-john-lennon-parole/story?id=73149086
https://heavy.com/entertainment/mark-david-chapman-2020-now-today-update/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/us/john-lennon-killer-denied-parole-trnd/index.html
https://www.beatlesbible.com/1958/07/15/julia-lennon-dies/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-David-Chapman
https://nypost.com/article/mark-david-chapman-and-the-assassination-of-john-lennon/
https://pagesix.com/2020/11/22/the-album-john-lennon-signed-for-his-killer-is-up-for-auction/
https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/album-john-lennon-signed-killer-sale-article-1.3330083
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Photo: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon#/media/File:Yoko_Ono_and_John_Lennon_at_John_Sinclair_Freedom_Rally.jpg

December 1st...Sherlock Holmes and Rosa Parks

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 145. This time we examine the year 1887 as A Study in Scarlet is believed to be published, and 1955 as Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
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Sources:
https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/12/the-real-first-publication-date-of.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeton's_Christmas_Annual
https://todayinhistory.org/12/01/rosa-parks-is-arrested/
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/rosa-parks
https://www.rosaparks.org/biography/
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/rosa-parks
https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/rosa-parks-in-her-own-words/about-this-exhibition/the-bus-boycott/rosa-parks-arrested/
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
https://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2014/12/the-arrest-of-rosa-parks.html
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Photo: 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg

November 24th...The Death of Lee Harvey Oswald

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 144. This time we examine the year 1963 as Jack Ruby shoots and kills presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
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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 
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Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/jack-ruby
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Ruby
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/who-was-jack-ruby/
https://www.earnthenecklace.com/what-happened-to-jack-ruby-how-did-jack-ruby-die/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jack-ruby-dies-before-second-trial
https://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-ruby
https://www.jfk-online.com/rubydeathbed.html
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Photo: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby#/media/File:Jack_Ruby_mugshot.jpg

November 17th...The Capture of H.H. Holmes

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 143. This time we examine the year 1894 as one of America's first serial killers, H.H. Holmes is caught.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
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https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.murdermurdermurder.com/blog/2017/4/23/creepy-last-words-of-6-infamous-serial-killers
http://hhholmes.blogs.plymouth.edu/category/capture-and-punishment/
https://casocriminal.org/en/serial-killer/h-h-holmes-the-serial-killer-who-built-a-castle-to-kill-people/
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/hh-holmes
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/h-h-holmes-29982.php
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201406/origin-the-term-serial-killer
https://www.history101.com/november-17th-1894-h-h-holmes-arrested/
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Photo: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes#/media/File:H._H._Holmes.jpg

November 10th...The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 142. This time we examine the year 1975 as the Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm in Lake Superior.
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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 
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald/
https://historycollection.com/23-photographs-cataloging-wreck-edmund-fitzgerald-dives-rediscover-wreckage/
https://www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_fitz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald
https://www.shipwreckworld.com/maps/ss-edmund-fitzgerald
https://gcaptain.com/gales-november-look-storm-sank-edmund-fitzgerald-41-years-ago-today/
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/education/geology/digging/taconite.html
https://www.michiganseagrant.org/lessons/lessons/by-broad-concept/earth-science/data-sets/the-storm-that-sunk-the-edmund-fitzgerald/
https://www.truthorfiction.com/do-bodies-float-in-lake-superior/
http://weekinweird.com/2016/11/27/old-whitey-preserved-corpse-kamloops/
https://americanhistory.si.edu/ru/on-the-water/inland-waterways/great-lakes-mighty-rivers/edmund-fitzgerald
https://www.pbs.org/video/university-place-storm-sank-edmund-fitzgerald/
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Photo: 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Edmund_Fitzgerald%2C_1971%2C_3_of_4_%28restored%3B_cropped%29.jpg/1849px-Edmund_Fitzgerald%2C_1971%2C_3_of_4_%28restored%3B_cropped%29.jpg

November 3rd...Laika the Space Dog

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 141. This time we examine the year 1957 as the Soviet Union launches Laika the Dog into orbit, making her the first animal to orbit the Earth.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.thefactresearch.com/space-shuttle-disasters/
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_924.html
https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik.html
https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-first-animal-in-space
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/60-years-ago-the-first-animal-in-orbit
https://www.space.com/17764-laika-first-animals-in-space.html
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-first-animals-in-space.html
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-was-first-animal-space
https://time.com/3546215/laika-1957/
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Photo: 
https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/laika.jpeg?w=800&quality=85

October 27th...The Federalist Papers

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 140. This time we examine the year 1787 as Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, begin publishing the federalist papers under the name "Publius".
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 
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Sources:
https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1700s/The-Articles-of-Confederation/
https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/federalist-papers
https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-was-the-olive-branch-petition/
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-madison-papers/articles-and-essays/james-madison-and-the-federal-constitutional-convention-of-1787/
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-federalist-papers-1787-1788
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/road-to-revolution/creating-a-nation/a/the-federalist-papers
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program//bib/ourdocs/federalist.html
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Photo: 
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/11/151120_HIST_federalist-papers-immigration.jpg.CROP.cq5dam_web_1280_1280_jpeg.jpg