The Year Was

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

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

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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

We examine the year 1911 as the Triangle Shirtwaist Company results in the death of 145. 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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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

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

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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

We examine the year 1302 as Romeo and Juliet are married (according to William Shakespear).

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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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

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

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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

We examine the year 1802 as Victor Hugo is born.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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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/

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

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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/

We examine the year 1993 as Jon Venables and Robert Thompson abduct and murder James Bulger.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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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/

We examine the year...every year as the Feast of St. Agatha of Sicily is held.

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

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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