The Year Was

June 6th...The Fort Michilimackinac Massacre

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 119. This time we examine the year 1763 and the Fort Michilimackinac Massacre.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
 
  
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
 
Sources:
https://history.mcc.edu/wordpress/history/2014/03/21/europeannative-relations-the-french/
Attack! at Michilimackinac - Colonial Michilimackinac
https://mynorth.com/2010/05/deadly-lacrosse-game-in-mackinac-straits-at-fort-michilimackinac-in-1763/
https://cdnhistorybits.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/lacrosse-massacre-fort-michilimackinac/
http://www.emersonkent.com/history/timelines/pontiac_war_timeline.htm
https://www.historyandheadlines.com/history-june-2-1763-military-tricks-and-ruses-that-actually-worked/
http://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2015/10/11/pontiacs-rebellion-at-fort-michilimackinac/
 
Photo: 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Fort_Mims_massacre_1813.jpg

May 26th...24 Hours of Le Mans

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 118. This time we examine the year 1923 as the first 24 hours of le mans is held.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
 
  
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
 
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/sports/24-Hours-of-Le-Mans
https://hiconsumption.com/history-of-24-hours-of-le-mans/
https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/le-mans-24-hours-distance-and-speed-records/186
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/car-connections/24-hours-of-le-mans-the-ultimate-test/ss-BBCBYJW#image=7
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1997/70/pierre-leveghs-23-hours-le-mans
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-events/other-events/2010/a-brief-history-of-the-le-mans-style-start/
24hrs at Le Mans |The test of a Man
Truth In 24
TRUTH IN 24 II: Every Second Counts
Our Return: A documentary of our road to Le Mans 2015.
ALMOST THE END OF RACING! The Full Story of the 1955 Le Mans 24hrs
LE MANS 1955 - Court métrage d'animation de Q. Baillieux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhiWRTDZ7-E
 
Photo: 
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53107721t/

May 19th..."Happy Birthday Mr. President"

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 117. This time we examine the year 1962 as Marilyn Monroe sings “Happy Birthday Mr. President” at a fundraiser for John F. Kennedy
 
 Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
 
  
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
 
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDi4sO7wqMk
https://www.biography.com/news/marilyn-monroe-happy-birthday-mr-president-jfk
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=happy+birthday+mr+president+marilyn+monroe&ia=web
https://www.rd.com/article/marilyn-monroe-happy-birthday-dress/
Marilyn Monroe's confidante reveals full story behind 'Happy Birthday Mr President'
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/03/happy-birthday-mr-president-the-story-of-marilyn-monroe-and-that-dress
https://www.womansday.com/relationships/a60346/true-story-marilyn-monroe-john-f-kennedy-affair/
https://people.com/politics/marilyn-monroe-affair-john-f-kennedy-robert-f-kennedy/
 
Photo: 
https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTYyNDM5NDUyOTA3MTUyNzYx/_marilyn-monroe-singing-happy-birthday-at-the-democratic-rally-for-president-john-f-kennedys-birthday-photo-by-yale-joel_life-magazine_the-life-picture-collection_getty-images.jpg

May 12th...The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 116. This time we examine the year 1932 as the body of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jris found.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
 
  
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
 
Sources:
https://listverse.com/2016/01/05/10-little-known-facts-about-the-lindbergh-kidnapping/
https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/kidnapping
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping
https://www.britannica.com/event/Lindbergh-baby-kidnapping
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/body-charles-lindbergh-baby-found-hopewell-1932-article-1.2632021
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/body-of-lindbergh-baby-found
https://www.bustle.com/p/was-the-armstrong-case-real-murder-on-the-orient-express-takes-inspiration-from-a-terrifying-true-crime-3249656
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/180233/murder-on-the-orient-express-true-story-christie
https://www.thoughtco.com/lindberghs-baby-kidnapped-1779276 :Schwartz, Shelly. "History of the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping." ThoughtCo, Aug. 28, 2020, thoughtco.com/lindberghs-baby-kidnapped-1779276.
 
Photo: 
https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/lcujzIGk2xGbi_fZqrkMOOhcUTg=/1280x0/smart/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4I4BFPXMNJELBMIMXMKPSXRDE4.jpg

May 5th...The First Three Stooges Film

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 115. This time we examine the year 1934 as the Three Stooges are introduced to the world in their first short “Woman Haters”.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
 
  
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
 
Sources:
https://threestooges.net/about/index/3
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/30/iWoman-Hatersi-the-First-Three-Stooges-Short/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Three-Stooges
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79542/10-slapstick-facts-about-first-three-stooges-short
https://www.grunge.com/215912/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-the-three-stooges/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026000/
 
Photo: 
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fM--gv_hTUQ/maxresdefault.jpg
 

April 28th...Muhammad Ali Refuses the Draft

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 114. This time we examine the year 1967 as Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the United States Army.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
 
  
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
 
Sources:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/on-this-day-ali-upsets-liston-and-shakes-up-the-world/ar-BB1e0t0o
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad-Ali-boxer
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/muhammad-ali-refuses-army-induction
https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/06/muhammad-ali-vietnam/485717/
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ali-stripped-title-refusing-join-army-1967-article-1.2660321
https://newsone.com/2004942/muhammad-ali-refuses-to-join-army/
https://www.si.com/boxing/2020/04/28/this-day-sports-history-muhammad-ali-refuses-induction-army-stripped-title
 
Photo: 
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/8606959/Picture7.png?1478612561

April 21st...The Death of the Red Baron

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 113. This time we examine the year 1918 as the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, is shot down and killed...and pizza.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
 
  
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
 
Sources:
https://www.history.com/news/ace-of-aces-how-the-red-baron-became-wwis-most-legendary-fighter-pilot
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/manfred-baron-von-richthofen
http://acepilots.com/wwi/ger_richthofen.html
https://allthatsinteresting.com/manfred-von-richthofen-red-baron
https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/19/world/death-of-red-baron-von-richthofen-auction-feat/index.html
https://www.doctoraviation.com/the-red-baron-is-shot-down/
 
Photo: 
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/red-baron-portrait.jpg

April 14...The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 112. This time we examine the year 1865 as John Wilkes Booth assassinates United States President Abraham Lincoln.
 
Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
 
  
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
 
Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination
https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-Abraham-Lincoln
https://www.ushistory.org/us/34f.asp
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/10-weird-facts-lincoln-assassination/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/abraham-lincoln-assassination
https://www.fords.org/lincolns-assassination/
 
Photo: 
http://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2010/12/1201_booth-e1291213488333-1000x910.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Abraham_Lincoln_O-118_by_Gardner,_1865.jpg

April 7th...King Kong (1933)

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 111. This time we examine the year 1933 as King Kong wows audiences on screen for the first time. The episode was delayed due to illness.
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
 
Sources:
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1933 film)
The History of King Kong
Movies The History of King Kong on Screen
Origin of 'Kong': The Unbelievable True Backstory of Hollywood's Favorite Giant Ape
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642927/komodo-dragon-hunt-inspired-king-kong
The Virtual Exploration Society: The Burden Expedition to Komodo Island
Willis O'Brien
King Kong 1933: How the Movie Succeeded Despite Its Clumsiness | Time
King Kong (1933 film) | King Kong Wiki | Fandom
 
Photo: 
http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/king-kong-1933-anonymous.jpg

March 31st...The Death of Selena

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 110. This time we examine the year 1995 as Selena Quintanilla is Murdered by Yolanda Saldívar.
 
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
 
Sources:
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/selena-6747.php
Selena (1997)
Selena: The Series (TV Series 2020– )
https://www.biography.com/musician/selena
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/the-true-story-of-selena-quintanillas-death/ar-BB11XNvk
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a34860123/selena-death-murder-true-story/
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a34861695/selena-quintanilla-death/
https://www.thelist.com/188362/the-untold-truth-of-selena-quintanilla/
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a34930281/yolanda-saldivar-selena-quintanilla-killer-now/
https://www.biography.com/news/yolanda-saldivar-selena-quintanilla-death
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/1932363/why-yolanda-saldivar-kill-selena-quintanilla/
Selena Quintanilla - Coca Cola Classic Commercial (Eng. & Span.) 
 
Photo: 
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d6l35EvBPmw/VRpyAWzq3nI/AAAAAAAATgg/m0--EjwRdSg/s1600/Selena%2BQuintanilla3.jpg