The Year Was

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 129. This time we examine the year 1950 as Ethel Rosenberg testifies in front of a grand jury against allegations for the conspiracy to commit espionage.

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 

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/rosenberg-sons-admit-father-julius-guilty

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rosenbergs-executed

https://allthatsinteresting.com/julius-and-ethel-rosenberg

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Rosenberg-and-Ethel-Rosenberg

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2364090

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-07/why-was-ethel-rosenberg-sent-to-the-electric-chair/100299972

https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/david-greenglass

https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/klaus-fuchs

Photo: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg_NYWTS.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 128. This time we examine the year 1944 as Anne Frank, her family, the Van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer are captured after more than 2 years in hiding from Nazi forces.

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 

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/world-war-ii/anne-frank-1

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anne-frank-captured

https://historycollection.com/day-history-ann-frank-family-captured-1944/

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/anne-franks-capture-and-the-holocaust-in-historical-memory/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/58121/what-anne-franks-arrest-looked

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/who-was-anne-frank/

https://www.annefrank.com/who-is-anne-frank

https://www.thoughtco.com/1942-anne-frank-goes-into-hiding-1779319

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6kQUYQCZpc

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/main-characters/fritz-pfeffer/

Photo: 

https://historycollection.com/35-captivating-facts-about-anne-frank-and-her-family/

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 127. This time we examine the year 1945 as an B-25 Mitchell Bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building.

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 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

https://www.epa.gov/ftca-claims-process

https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2019/10/18/the-empire-state-plane-crash-july-28-1945

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/plane-crashes-into-empire-state-building

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YLWh8Rbp7o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfWB9HpoRXo

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92987873

https://allthatsinteresting.com/empire-state-building-plane-crash

Photo: 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/empire-state-building-plane-crash#7

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 126. This time we examine the year 1983 as the Vostok Research Station records the coldest temperature on Earth.

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 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://argusspectrum.com/vostok_station_antarctica

https://wgntv.com/weather/weather-blog/what-is-the-coldest-temperature-ever-recorded-on-the-earth/

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-recorded-temperature/

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/xinjiang/turpan/mt_flaming.htm

https://www.alien.com.tw/websev?lang=en&ref=pages&id=151

https://www.sciencealert.com/death-valley-is-famous-for-it-s-heat-but-there-are-two-deserts-even-hotter

https://www.tomorrow.io/weather/blog/the-worlds-most-extreme-and-habitable-weather-locations/

Photo: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Russian_station_Vostok.jpg/1200px-Russian_station_Vostok.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 125. This time we examine the year 1789 as the storming of Bastille takes place.

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 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

Un peuple et son roi (2018)

April Morning (TV Movie 1988)

https://www.thoughtco.com/bastille-day-french-national-holiday-1368566

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bastille-Day

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-is-bastille-day-and-why-do-we-celebrate-it/ar-AAKaQhttps://theconversation.com/what-is-bastille-day-and-why-is-it-celebrated-163812

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https://www.history.com/topics/france/bastille-day

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-estate-makes-tennis-court-oath

https://worldhistoryproject.org/1789/7/14/the-storming-of-the-bastille

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-revolutionaries-storm-bastille

https://www.historyonthenet.com/why-was-the-storming-of-the-bastille-important

Photo: 

https://www.derrynow.com/resizer/835/603/true/1626165863531.jpg--talk_to_reveal_county_derry_link_to_bastille_day.jpg?1626165863000

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 124. This time we examine the year 2007 as the New Seven Wonders of the World are announced.

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 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://about.new7wonders.com/our-mission/how-the-new7wonders-movement-all-began/

https://the7wondersoftheworld.com/list-of-all-seven-world-wonders/

https://www.britannica.com/list/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world/index.html

https://the7wondersoftheworld.com/the-new-seven-wonders-of-the-world/

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-wall-china/

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china/great-wall-of-china

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/facts/how-tall.htm

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christ-the-Redeemer

https://www.history.com/topics/south-america/machu-picchu

https://www.chichenitza.com/

https://www.britannica.com/place/Chichen-Itza

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/chichen-itza

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

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

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Taj-Mahal

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/petra

Photo: 

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/12/new-satellite-images-show-shocking-extent-of-earth-s-air-pollution/_jcr_content/par/video/image.dynimg.1280.q75.jpg/v1512182311218/GettyImages-577158213_earth_from_space_world_1200.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 123. This time we examine the year 1908 as the Tunguska Event takes place, and the world celebrates Asteroid Day.

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.spacetv.net/live/nasa-science-live-international-asteroid-day-2021/

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

https://www.dictionary.com/e/meteor-vs-asteroid-vs-comet/

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30jun_tunguska/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/tunguska-event/

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-was-the-tunguska-event.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/Tunguska-event

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160706-in-siberia-in-1908-a-huge-explosion-came-out-of-nowhere

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/tunguska-revisited-111-year-old-mystery-impact-inspires-new-more-optimistic-asteroid

https://www.un.org/en/observances/asteroid-day

Photo: 

http://i1.wp.com/www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tunguska_event_fallen_trees.jpg?resize=700%2C432

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 122. This time we examine the year 1989 as Tim Burton’s Batman is released in theaters.

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://screenrant.com/batman-1989-movie-bruce-wayne-bill-murray-almost-cast/

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/michael-keatons-batman-54349/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/batman-michael-keaton-vetoed-michelle-pfeiffer-role-1989-film-1220139/

https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)

https://warnerbros.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/

https://www.cbr.com/tim-burton-batman-dc-comics-changes/

https://www.slashfilm.com/warner-bros-once-wanted-steven-seagal-as-batman/

Photo: 

https://www.animatedtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Batman-1989-Movie-Poster.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 121. This time we examine the year 1963 as Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

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.space.com/21571-valentina-tereshkova.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yuri-Gagarin

https://www.straightdope.com/21342333/why-did-cosmonauts-land-on-land-while-astronauts-landed-on-water

https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/tereshkova.html

https://www.biography.com/astronaut/valentina-tereshkova

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valentina-Tereshkova

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valery-Bykovsky

https://www.rt.com/news/379550-tereshkova-facts-80-anniversary/

http://todiscoverrussia.com/33-facts-about-valentina-tereshkova-the-first-female-cosmonaut/

Photo: 

http://todiscoverrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Valentina-Tereshkova-1962.jpg

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 120. This time we examine the year 1934 as “The Wise Little Hen” was released, notable for being the first appearance of Donald Duck.

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:

Helen Mirren in The Queen (2006)

https://warnerbrosanimation.fandom.com/wiki/Merrie_Melodies

https://www.farmanimalreport.com/2020/04/04/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-chicken-to-grow-to-eating-size/

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

https://www.thegardenstyle.com/vegetablesherbs/how-long-do-corn-take-to-grow-information/

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

Clarence Nash - Biography

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

Photo: 

https://blog.retroplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/donald-duck-screenshot.jpg