The Year Was

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 89. This time we examine the year 1922 as Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon and a team of excavators discovered King Tut’s Tomb.

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.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newest-king-tut-theory-he-suffered-severe-disorders-due-inbreeding-180953113/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/entrance-to-king-tuts-tomb-discovered

https://www.thenotsoinnocentsabroad.com/blog/the-discovery-of-king-tuts-tomb

https://www.thoughtco.com/tomb-of-king-tut-discovered-1779242

https://www.biography.com/scientist/howard-carter

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tutankhamun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter

https://allthatsinteresting.com/howard-carter

https://carter-at-saqqara.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-sakkarah-affair-1905-how-howard.html

https://www.history.com/news/is-the-curse-of-king-tut-real

https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-tomb-robbers.html

https://www.biography.com/royalty/king-tut

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/tutankhamen

https://archaeology-travel.com/exhibitions/tutankhamun-treasures-of-the-golden-pharaoh/

Photo:  https://snapzu.com/Cobbydaler/4th-november-1922-entrance-to-king-tuts-tomb-discovered

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 88. This time we examine the year 1919 as Congress overrides Woodrow Wilson's Presidential Veto of the Volstead Act.

Please Drink Responsibly and do not consume alcohol if u are under the legal age.

Had software issues on this one so needless to say i am in the market for a new program. 

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.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/volstead-act-national-prohibition-act-of-1919/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Volstead-Act

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/volstead-act

https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Volstead-Act/

https://www.britannica.com/story/what-led-to-prohibition

https://www.britannica.com/topic/temperance-movement

https://www.britannica.com/topic/prohibition-alcohol-interdict

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition

https://www.newsweek.com/what-led-passing-prohibition-73143

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-18/

https://www.history.com/news/how-prohibition-gave-birth-to-nascar

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 87. This time we examine the year 1911 as Disney Legend Mary Blair (1911-1978) is born.

Had software issues on this one so needless to say i am in the market for a new program. 

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.imdb.com/name/nm0086304/bio

https://www.californiawatercolor.com/pages/mary-blair-biography

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2014/03/19/the-life-behind-the-color-a-brief-biography-of-mary-blair/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Blair

http://magicofmaryblair.com/about-mary/

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Blair

https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/mary-blair

Photo: 

https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/mary-blair

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 86. This time we examine the year 1947 as Chuck Yeager breaks the Sound Barrier.

Had software issues on this one so needless to say i am in the market for a new program. 

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/charles-elwood-chuck-yeage-1072.php

https://www.chuckyeager.com/

https://www.biography.com/political-figure/chuck-yeager

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chuck-Yeager

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager

https://www.amazon.com/Yeager-Autobiography-Chuck/dp/0553256742

https://www.britannica.com/technology/X-1-airplane

https://www.geni.com/people/Doris-Yeager/6000000001018794995

Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_barrier#/media/File:Chuck_Yeager.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 85. This time we examine the year 1988 and the discovery and rescue attempt for 3 gray whales stuck in the Alaskin ice.

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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Breakthroug

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Miracle

https://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/story/2891/operation-breakthrough-the-story-behind-big-miracle/

https://www.livescience.com/31125-real-big-miracle-story.html

https://mlmlblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/big-miracle-a-whale-of-a-story-from-operation-breakthrough/

https://miracleworldhistory.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-whale-of-tale.html

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/big-miracle-real-story/2012/02/03/

https://www.livescience.com/31123-big-miracle-real-rescue-images.html

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/02/big-miracle-barrow-whales-rescue-true-story.html

Photo: by Jim Harvey

https://mlmlblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/big-miracle-a-whale-of-a-story-from-operation-breakthrough/

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 84 . This time we examine the year 1955 and the death of James Dean.  Apologies to Will Smith and for my rant.

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.indystar.com/story/sports/2019/05/21/james-dean-most-famous-indy-500-driver-who-could-have-been/3613314002/

https://www.learning-history.com/james-dean-american-actor/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-dean-dies-in-car-accident

https://www.biography.com/actor/james-dean

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-haunting-story-of-james-deans-little-bastard/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7URktEogSg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz3W87uWcx8

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/07/james-dean-will-be-digitally-resurrected-new-film-is-it-movie-magic-or-dark-arts/

Photo: 

https://www.dw.com/en/cgi-james-dean-to-star-in-new-movie-64-years-after-his-death/a-51144206

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 83. This time we examine the year 1889 as the Nintendo Koppai company is founded to sell hanafuda cards, before becoming the gaming giant of Nintendo

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://kotaku.com/nintendo-probably-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does-5649625

https://www.lifewire.com/fusajiro-yamauchi-founder-of-nintendo-729584

https://encyclopaediaoftrivia.blogspot.com/2016/09/nintendo.html

https://www.wired.com/2010/09/0923nintendo-founded/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System

Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nintendo#/media/File:Nintendo_1889.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 82. This time we examine the year 1920 as the Wall Street Bombing occurs killing 38 and injuring 300, in New York City.

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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/wall-street-bombing-1920

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wall-street-bombing-new-york-terror-attack/

https://www.britannica.com/event/Wall-Street-bombing-of-1920

https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-wall-street-bombing-95-years-ago

Photo: 

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/wall-street-bombing-1920/@@images/image

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 81. This time we examine the year 1901 as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec dies at 36.

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.britannica.com/biography/Henri-de-Toulouse-Lautrec

https://www.biography.com/artist/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnyU2FFlB28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Jo63SbNsY

https://www.healthline.com/health/pycnodysostosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfC1F5-loNg

Photo: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Photolautrec.jpg/220px-Photolautrec.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 80. This time we examine the year 1752 as the British adopt the Gregorian calendar..

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.history.com/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gregorian-calendar

https://www.britannica.com/science/Julian-calendar

https://www.britannica.com/science/solar-calendar

https://stevemorse.org/juliancalendar/julian.htm

https://www.britannica.com/story/ten-days-that-vanished-the-switch-to-the-gregorian-calendar

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Give-us-our-eleven-days/

http://www.adsb.co.uk/date_and_time/calendar_reform_1752/

Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIII