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Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 189. This time we examine the year 1994 as The Order of the Solar Temple Commits a Murder Suicide anticipationg the end of the world. 

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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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_cult

https://www.liquisearch.com/luc_jouret/biography

 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Order-of-the-Solar-Temple

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/series-of-killings_the-1994-solar-temple-cult-deaths-in-switzerland/40878686

https://templarhistory.com/the-tragedy-of-the-solar-temple-cult/

https://www.bizarrepedia.com/order-of-the-solar-temple-cult/

https://www.britannica.com/place/Belgian-Congo

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/di-mambro-joseph-1924-1994

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

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Photo: 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1280000/images/_1281520_jouretap150.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 188. This time we examine the year 1918 as the Liberty Loan Parade causes a major outbreak of the Spanish Flu in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…also Polio, and 1923 as Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin. 

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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.aier.org/article/no-lockdowns-the-terrifying-polio-pandemic-of-1949-52/

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/coronavirus/it%E2%80%99s-official-covid-now-deadlier-spanish-flu-sort-194160

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/liberty-loan-parade-in-1918-helped-spread-a-deadly-flu-that-left-nearly-13-000-dead-2105389

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/philadelphia-threw-wwi-parade-gave-thousands-onlookers-flu-180970372/

https://daily.jstor.org/the-1918-parade-that-spread-death-in-philadelphia/

https://fullfact.org/online/1918-philadelphia-parade-fact-checked/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/flu-epidemic-hits-philadelphia

https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/september28th.html

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Liberty_Loans_Parade#/media/File:Philadelphia_Liberty_Loan's_Parade.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 187. This time we examine the year 1866 as English author H.G. Wells is born, also Warehouse 13 (kind of).

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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://warehouse13.fandom.com/wiki/Helena_G._Wells

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_G._Wells

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hg-wells

https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-G-Wells

https://www.biography.com/writer/hg-wells

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/h-g-wells-author-facts

https://sometimes-interesting.com/secret-life-of-hg-wells/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

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Photo: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/H.G._Wells_by_Beresford.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 186. This time we examine the year 1814 as Francis Scott Key writes what will eventually be known as the Star Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem.

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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/event/War-of-1812/War

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-war-of-1812/the-battle-of-baltimore.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Baltimore-1814

https://www.biography.com/writer/francis-scott-key

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Scott_Key_by_Joseph_Wood_c1825.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 185. This time we examine the year 1857 as the Mountain Meadow Massacre occurs.

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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://historytogo.utah.gov/utah-war/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cumming_(governor)

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

https://mountainmeadowsmassacre.com/what-is-the-mountain-meadows-massacre

https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/mountain-meadows-massacre?lang=eng&adobe_mc_ref=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/mountain-meadows-massacre

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0y8HX-AfGY

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Photo: 

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/the-mountain-meadow-massacre-by-mormons-and-indians-a-group-of-and-picture-id517351782?s=594x594

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 184. This time we examine the year 1997 as Diana, Princess of Wales, Dodi Fayed, and Henri Paul are killed in a car crash in Paris.

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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/Diana-princess-of-Wales

https://www.eightieskids.com/princess-diana-beanie-baby-value/

https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/princess-diana-death-rcna43494

https://nypost.com/2022/08/17/princess-diana-predicted-car-crash-2-years-before-death-in-mysterious-note/

https://www.the-sun.com/news/3131564/princess-diana-car-crash-paris/

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/princess-diana-die-tragic-car-accident-took-life-beloved-royal

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/princess-diana-dies-in-car-crash-paris

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales#/media/File:Diana,_Princess_of_Wales.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 183. This time we examine the year 79ad as the city of Pompeii and it’s surrounding area (such as the city of Herculaneum), are covered in ash and debris after the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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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://bomv.commons.gc.cuny.edu/eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-of-79-ad/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vesuvius-erupts

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9389289/Eruption-Mount-Vesuvius-79-AD-suffocated-thousands-Pompeii-just-15-minutes.html

https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii

https://www.volcanocafe.org/the-enigma-of-the-79-ad-eruption-of-vesuvius/

https://legends.fandom.com/wiki/Olmec

https://legends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Shrine_of_the_Silver_Monkey

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Photo: 

By Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas (1791-1833) - Collections du château de Versailles, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64873771

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 182. This time we examine the year 1945 as the Korean peninsula is divided at the 38th parallel. 

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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

https://quip4today.com/historical-events-for-august-17th/

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Sources:

http://www.booksonbaseball.com/2010/08/ray-chapman-killed-by-pitched-ball-august-17-1920/

https://www.aol.com/article/2015/08/17/today-in-history-yankees-lou-gehrig-breaks-record-for-consecut/21223604/

https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/17

Historical Events on August 17 - On This Day

https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/17#:~:text=1966%20Willie%20Mays%20takes%202nd%20place%20on%20all%2Dtime%20HR%20list

https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/17#:~:text=1972%20MLB%20Philadelphia%20Phillies%20Steve%20Carlton%20wins%20his%2015th%20straight%20game

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

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/History_of_Korea

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

https://www.history.com/news/north-south-korea-divided-reasons-facts

https://www.thoughtco.com/why-north-korea-and-south-korea-195632

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/040515/why-north-korea-south-korea-are-separated.asp

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Empress_Myeongseong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_acUrSV0Bi0

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_parallel_north#/media/File:1950_sign_denoting_the_38th_parallel_line_in_Korea.jpeg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 181. This time we examine the year 1897 as German Pharmacist Felix Hoffmann synthesizes a stable form of acetylsalicylic acid, the main ingredient in Aspirin, for medicinal application  . 

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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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Hoffmann

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alleviate

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/salicin

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/herb/willow-bark#:~:text=The%20bark%20of%20white%20willow,inflammatory%20effects%20of%20the%20herb

http://scihi.org/felix-hoffmann-aspirin/#:~:text=On%20August%2010%2C%201897%2C%20German,under%20the%20trade%20name%20Aspirin

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rheumatism

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/salicin#:~:text=Salicin%20is%20a%20glycoside%20obtained,the%20barks%20of%20the%20Salicaceae

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Hoffmann#/media/File:Felix_Hoffman.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 180. This time we examine the years 1936 as Jesse Owens wins gold at the Berlin Olympics. 

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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/Jesse-Owens

http://www.jesseowens.com/about/

https://worldhistoryproject.org/1936/8/3/jesse-owens-wins-4-gold-medals-at-1936-summer-olympics

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal

https://buckeyeswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/03/jesse-owens-won-gold-medal-berlin-this-date-ohio-state/

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0912.html

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Photo: 

https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/WJr9UudqYDTiNQiDkzsE3lNWap4=/1400x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SSDPSKTFEVMIZPAFLKX3QO5LKY.jpg