Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 159. This time we examine the year 1841 as the African men aboard the Amistad are set free after a 2 year trial.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

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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:

Amistad: How it Began (US National Park Service)

The First Amistad case

The Amistad Case | National Archives

Amistad Case - Date, Facts & Significance - HISTORY

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Amistad#/media/File:La_Amistad_(ship)_restored.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 158. This time we examine the year 1876 as Rutherford B. Hayes is elected president.

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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:

What Happens If the Presidential Election Is a Tie

Rutherford B. Hayes - HISTORY

Is it true that Rutherford B. Hayes won by one vote? - Quora

The President Who Won by a SINGLE Electoral Vote | THE AMERICAN MOMS

Disputed Election of 1876 - Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

5 Presidents Who Lost the Popular Vote But Won the Election

Rutherford B. Hayes wins 1876 presidential election by one Electoral College vote after fraud, voter intimidation - The Washington Post

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File:President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored.jpg - Wikipedia

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 157. This time we examine the year 1957 as  the body of a dead 4 year old boy, wrapped in a blanket and stuffed into a box, was first found.

This one deals with a boy who was murdered and may have been sold into sex trafficking so feel free to skip this episode if you are so inclined.

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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:

6 Unsolved Murder Cases That Will Keep You Up At Night

THE BOY IN THE BOX — American Hauntings

Who is The Boy in the Box?

Boy In The Box: America's Unknown Child - Historic Mysteries

15 Disturbing Facts And Theories About 'The Boy In The Box'

The Boy In The Box

EXCLUSIVE: Philadelphia Police Hope Break In 1957 Unsolved Murder Leads To The Boy In The Box's Identity – CBS Philly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6sO3-ihEcw

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By Carl Koppelman, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38194940

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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:

The Mystery Behind the Greystone Mansion Murder-Suicide

https://one.usc.edu/archive-location/ned-doheny-murder-site

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-doheny-murder-20190216-story.html

https://the-line-up.com/the-greystone-mansion-murder

Oil & Blood: the Mysterious Murder at the Greystone Mansion - Petroleum Service Company

This Mansion Has An 86-Year-Old Secret That Still Haunts Today. When I Heard It, I Gasped! | LittleThings.com

Mystery of The Greystone Mansion Murders | New York Social Diary

https://la.curbed.com/2015/12/8/9894146/greystone-mansion-beverly-hills-interior

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-L-Doheny

History | Friends Of Greystone | Beverly Hills, CA

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/teapot-dome-scandal

https://littlethings.com/home/greystone-mansion-murder-mystery/642441-14

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Greystone Mansion - Wikipedia

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 155. This time we examine the year 2014 as astronomers at the Australian NAtional University discover what is believed to be the oldest star.

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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:

Galactus - Wikipedia

How are stars formed? | HowStuffWorks

https://www.bristolpetitions.com/how-old-is-the-oldest-star-in-the-universe/

https://worldmost.org/oldest-stars

Scientists Discover Universe's Oldest Star : NPR

7 Oldest Stars in the Universe

NASA - Hubble Finds Birth Certificate of Oldest Known Star

February 9 Events

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/big-bang/en/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144528/

Australians discover oldest star | EurekAlert!

Discovery makes 13.6 billion year old star universe's oldest celestial body

Astronomers discover oldest star: Formed shortly after the Big Bang 13. 7 billion years ago -- ScienceDaily

ANU astronomers discover oldest star

Australian astronomers discover oldest known star in universe | Astronomy | The Guardian

How do scientists calculate the age of a star? | Science News

Methuselah Star (HD 140283) | Star Facts

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By ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8788068

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 154. This time we examine the year 1887 as the first Groundhog Day celebration is held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

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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:

Groundhog Day: History and Facts

How did the tradition of Groundhog Day begin?

No, the weather-predicting tradition of Groundhog Day did not originate in America

Legend & Lore | Punxsutawney Groundhog club

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/here-s-why-we-celebrate-groundhog-day-in-the-first-place/ar-AATnBxz

The history of Groundhog Day you may not know | National | lacrossetribune.com

Groundhog Day - Day One Lyrics

GROUNDHOG DAY PREDICTIONS

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https://abc-7.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/G-Hog.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 153. This time we examine the year 1905 as the Cullinan Diamond is discovered.

Because diamonds are ice!

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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/Cullinan_Diamond

https://www.worldhistory.org/Cullinan_Diamond/

https://www.worthy.com/blog/knowledge-center/diamonds/cullinan-diamond/

http://cullinan-diamond.com/

https://www.estatediamondjewelry.com/history-cullinan-diamonds/

https://www.gia.edu/cullinan-diamond-reading-list

https://internetstones.com/cullinan-diamond-famous-jewelry.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-largest-diamond-found

https://www.gemrockauctions.com/learn/did-you-know/the-10-biggest-diamonds-ever-found

https://www.angloboerwar.com/boer-war

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Rough_cullinan_diamond.jpg

Thats all there is there aint SNOW more

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 152. This time we examine the year 1977 as Miami, Florida sees its first and last recorded snowfall to date. Update schedule will be temporarily sporadic.

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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.vintag.es/2020/01/snow-in-miami.html

https://myfloridahistory.org/date-in-history/january-18-1977/snow-far-south-miami

https://vintagenewsdaily.com/january-19-1977-snow-fell-in-miami-for-the-first-time-in-the-recorded-history-of-the-city/

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/01/04/heres-the-last-time-it-snowed-in-miami/

http://whatafact.com/en/f/snow-has-fallen-once-in-the-history-of-miami/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_wave_of_January_1977

https://jitneybooks.com/miami-snow/

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/fl-snow-in-south-florida-forty-years-ago-20170117-story.html

https://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/1218/The_Day_it_Snowed_in_The_Bahamas.html

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https://vintagenewsdaily.com/january-19-1977-snow-fell-in-miami-for-the-first-time-in-the-recorded-history-of-the-city/

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 151. This time we examine the year 1967 as Dr James Hiram Bedford becomes the first man to be cryogenically frozen.

Update schedule will be temporarily sporadic.

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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.alcor.org/library/bedford-condition/

http://www.actforlibraries.org/dr-james-bedford-the-first-cryonicpreservered-human/

https://satibal.com/james-bedford-first-human-frozen/

https://www.cnet.com/news/cool-dude-james-bedford-has-been-cryonically-frozen-for-50-years/3

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

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-first-person-to-be-cryonically-frozen-and-preserved-for-the-future-b9ce6b0a161a

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/02/james-hiram-bedford-first-person-to-be.html

https://onedio.co/content/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-first-human-cryonic-suspension-in-history-675587

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Photo: 

https://cdn.hswstatic.com/gif/cryonics-19.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 150. This time we examine the year 1709 as The Great Frost arrives in Europe.

Update schedule will be temporarily sporadic.

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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.worldatlas.com/articles/the-coldest-temperatures-ever-recorded-on-earth.html

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/17/how-the-great-frost-of-1709-left-englands-economy-in-ruin

https://www.grunge.com/394696/the-deadly-great-frost-of-1709-is-still-a-mystery/

https://todayinhistory.blog/2017/01/05/january-5-1709-the-great-frost/

https://www.onthisday.com/photos/great-frost-of-1709

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Frost_of_1709

https://www.royalhampshireregiment.org/about-the-museum/timeline/war-spanish-succession/

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Photo by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels