December 7th & 14th...The Winecoff Fire and Sandy Hook

The Catch-Up Episode

It’s the catch-up episode!!! Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to days 200-203. This time we examine the days December 21, 1988 as Pan Am Flight 103 Explodes over Scotland, December 28, 2014 as the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire, January 1, 1903 as Topsy the Elephant is electrocuted, and January 11, 1787 as William Herschel discovers Uranus’ moons Oberon and Titania. - Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/ [https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/] https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz [https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz]  -  iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084]  Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/ [https://theyearwas.podbean.com/] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA [https://u922627.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=TvhtDiauxJVhRdbUMx2NHL6ODzLmx4MtfKCdFx-2FSGFRogJeTTZzs35lWL7lDWbrPTMleRrz6buNeIxX7uEPB8A-3D-3D_Stp8VlPH5EKiat3egTc76vlwfNhwo4Btc-2Bn1tXO1g5iYRjEPGn67g33kSuDQBjFmRYFA-2FKl81e8EbRpSCBH3zHfU-2F-2BDxo1asZ2GfZ1jV8LACpMDWhLYiCRUqhieoWMUvab4Cq2XGpl3ENBh0uQYQBp2et-2FiMwVpDX0KsQTp5B2drXU8CEzXlGwOm7jv-2BTmIwyY17FLcnKrGWR-2BQ9CDTS0xOKWqelptBOJr14oIwyNTd4FFXjAQUaKnnpyjOzoo8Z6e-2BOmLWGI4PM5uX111YF1w-3D-3D] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ] - Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Pan-Am-flight-103 [https://www.britannica.com/event/Pan-Am-flight-103] https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/remembering-pan-am-flight-103-30-years-later-121418 [https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/remembering-pan-am-flight-103-30-years-later-121418] https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/europe/lockerbie-bombing-explainer-intl/index.html [https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/europe/lockerbie-bombing-explainer-intl/index.html]  https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/today-in-history-pan-am-flight-103-lockerbie [https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/today-in-history-pan-am-flight-103-lockerbie] https://www.detailedpedia.com/wiki-Ropax [https://www.detailedpedia.com/wiki-Ropax] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Norman_Atlantic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Norman_Atlantic] https://maritimecyprus.com/2017/12/30/flashback-in-maritime-history-norman-atlantic-ferry-fire-on-28-dec-2014/ [https://maritimecyprus.com/2017/12/30/flashback-in-maritime-history-norman-atlantic-ferry-fire-on-28-dec-2014/] https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norman-atlantic-fire-4-more-maritime-officials-investigated-over-ferry-fire-1.2888243 [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norman-atlantic-fire-4-more-maritime-officials-investigated-over-ferry-fire-1.2888243] https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/01/the-deadly-fire-aboard-the-ferry-norman-atlantic/100882/ [https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/01/the-deadly-fire-aboard-the-ferry-norman-atlantic/100882/] https://allthatsinteresting.com/topsy-the-elephant [https://allthatsinteresting.com/topsy-the-elephant] https://www.grunge.com/770226/the-tragic-story-of-topsy-the-elephant/ [https://www.grunge.com/770226/the-tragic-story-of-topsy-the-elephant/] https://medium.com/the-curiosity/the-tragic-story-of-topsy-an-executed-circus-elephant-83d36deee99c [https://medium.com/the-curiosity/the-tragic-story-of-topsy-an-executed-circus-elephant-83d36deee99c] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/topsy-elephant-was-victim-her-captors-not-really-thomas-edison-180961611/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/topsy-elephant-was-victim-her-captors-not-really-thomas-edison-180961611/] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)] https://nosweatshakespeare.com/characters/oberon-midsummer-nights-dream/ [https://nosweatshakespeare.com/characters/oberon-midsummer-nights-dream/] https://nosweatshakespeare.com/characters/titania-midsummer-nights-dream/ [https://nosweatshakespeare.com/characters/titania-midsummer-nights-dream/] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/uranus-moons/oberon/in-depth/ [https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/uranus-moons/oberon/in-depth/] https://www.celebrateandlearn.com/?p=1851 [https://www.celebrateandlearn.com/?p=1851] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia01352-uranus-largest-moon-oberon [https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia01352-uranus-largest-moon-oberon] https://sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/oberon-uranus-moon/ [https://sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/oberon-uranus-moon/] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia01978-uranus-moon-titania [https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia01978-uranus-moon-titania] https://space-facts.com/moons/titania/ [https://space-facts.com/moons/titania/] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/uranus-moons/titania/in-depth/ [https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/uranus-moons/titania/in-depth/] https://www.universetoday.com/56048/titania/ [https://www.universetoday.com/56048/titania/]    - Photo:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Topsy_elephant_electrocution_Luna_Park,_Coney_Island_January_1903.png [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Topsy_elephant_electrocution_Luna_Park,_Coney_Island_January_1903.png]

December 7th & 14th...The Winecoff Fire and Sandy Hook

Crisis Text Line Text HOME to 741741 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 988 or 1-800-273-8255 Trans Lifeline 1-877-565-8860 (for the transgender community) TrevorLifeline 1-866-488-7386 (for LGBTQ youth) Veterans Crisis Line 1-800-273-8255, Press 1   Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 198/199. This time we examine the days December 7th, and December 14-and the years 1946 as the Winecoff Hotel Fire starts and 2012 as there is a school shooting at Sandy Hook.. - Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/ [https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/] https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz [https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz]  -  iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084]  Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/ [https://theyearwas.podbean.com/] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA [https://u922627.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=TvhtDiauxJVhRdbUMx2NHL6ODzLmx4MtfKCdFx-2FSGFRogJeTTZzs35lWL7lDWbrPTMleRrz6buNeIxX7uEPB8A-3D-3D_Stp8VlPH5EKiat3egTc76vlwfNhwo4Btc-2Bn1tXO1g5iYRjEPGn67g33kSuDQBjFmRYFA-2FKl81e8EbRpSCBH3zHfU-2F-2BDxo1asZ2GfZ1jV8LACpMDWhLYiCRUqhieoWMUvab4Cq2XGpl3ENBh0uQYQBp2et-2FiMwVpDX0KsQTp5B2drXU8CEzXlGwOm7jv-2BTmIwyY17FLcnKrGWR-2BQ9CDTS0xOKWqelptBOJr14oIwyNTd4FFXjAQUaKnnpyjOzoo8Z6e-2BOmLWGI4PM5uX111YF1w-3D-3D] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ] - Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winecoff_Hotel_fire [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winecoff_Hotel_fire] https://library.massasoit.edu/americanfires/winecoff [https://library.massasoit.edu/americanfires/winecoff] https://www.firehouse.com/home/news/10568390/the-winecoff-fire-our-nations-deadliest-hotel-fire [https://www.firehouse.com/home/news/10568390/the-winecoff-fire-our-nations-deadliest-hotel-fire] https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-winecoff-hotel-fire-75-years-later-still-deadliest-us-hotel-blaze-in-history [https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-winecoff-hotel-fire-75-years-later-still-deadliest-us-hotel-blaze-in-history] http://southernghoststories.com/georgia-ghost-stories-the-winecoff-hotel [http://southernghoststories.com/georgia-ghost-stories-the-winecoff-hotel] https://time.com/5168272/how-many-school-shootings/ [https://time.com/5168272/how-many-school-shootings/] https://news.yahoo.com/got-grow-little-brothers-never-231138580.html?guccounter=1 [https://news.yahoo.com/got-grow-little-brothers-never-231138580.html?guccounter=1] https://news.yahoo.com/got-grow-little-brothers-never-231138580.html?guccounter=1 [https://news.yahoo.com/got-grow-little-brothers-never-231138580.html?guccounter=1] https://www.britannica.com/event/Sandy-Hook-Elementary-School-shooting [https://www.britannica.com/event/Sandy-Hook-Elementary-School-shooting] https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gunman-kills-students-and-adults-at-newtown-connecticut-elementary-school [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gunman-kills-students-and-adults-at-newtown-connecticut-elementary-school]  - Photo:  By Eoghanacht - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3122935 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3122935]

November 30th...The Death of the Crystal Palace

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 197. This time we examine the year 1936 as London's Crystal Palace Burns Down.. - Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/ [https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/] https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz [https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz]  -  iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084]  Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/ [https://theyearwas.podbean.com/] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA [https://u922627.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=TvhtDiauxJVhRdbUMx2NHL6ODzLmx4MtfKCdFx-2FSGFRogJeTTZzs35lWL7lDWbrPTMleRrz6buNeIxX7uEPB8A-3D-3D_Stp8VlPH5EKiat3egTc76vlwfNhwo4Btc-2Bn1tXO1g5iYRjEPGn67g33kSuDQBjFmRYFA-2FKl81e8EbRpSCBH3zHfU-2F-2BDxo1asZ2GfZ1jV8LACpMDWhLYiCRUqhieoWMUvab4Cq2XGpl3ENBh0uQYQBp2et-2FiMwVpDX0KsQTp5B2drXU8CEzXlGwOm7jv-2BTmIwyY17FLcnKrGWR-2BQ9CDTS0xOKWqelptBOJr14oIwyNTd4FFXjAQUaKnnpyjOzoo8Z6e-2BOmLWGI4PM5uX111YF1w-3D-3D] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ] - Sources: https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Knowhere [https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Knowhere] https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/london-fire-brigade-history-and-stories/fires-and-incidents-that-changed-history/the-crystal-palace-fire/ [https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/london-fire-brigade-history-and-stories/fires-and-incidents-that-changed-history/the-crystal-palace-fire/] https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/fire-destroys-crystal-palace [https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/fire-destroys-crystal-palace] https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/737044/Crystal-Palace-fire-1936 [https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/737044/Crystal-Palace-fire-1936] https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/the-crystal-palace-was-constructed-of-iron-and-glass-so-how-and-why-did-it-burn-down/ [https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/the-crystal-palace-was-constructed-of-iron-and-glass-so-how-and-why-did-it-burn-down/] https://londonist.com/2015/11/crystalpalace [https://londonist.com/2015/11/crystalpalace] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Crystal_Palace [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Crystal_Palace] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paxton [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paxton] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Crystal-Palace-building-London [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Crystal-Palace-building-London] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Fountain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Fountain] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_banana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_banana] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace]  - Photo:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition#/media/File:Crystal_Palace_-_Queen_Victoria_opens_the_Great_Exhibition.jpg [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition#/media/File:Crystal_Palace_-_Queen_Victoria_opens_the_Great_Exhibition.jpg]

November 23rd...Robert Johnson and Poon Lim

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 196. This time we examine the years 1936 as Robert Johnson begins his recording sessions in San Antonio, and 1942 as Poon Lim begins his 133 days lost at sea. - Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/ [https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/] https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz [https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz]  -  iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084]  Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/ [https://theyearwas.podbean.com/] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA [https://u922627.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=TvhtDiauxJVhRdbUMx2NHL6ODzLmx4MtfKCdFx-2FSGFRogJeTTZzs35lWL7lDWbrPTMleRrz6buNeIxX7uEPB8A-3D-3D_Stp8VlPH5EKiat3egTc76vlwfNhwo4Btc-2Bn1tXO1g5iYRjEPGn67g33kSuDQBjFmRYFA-2FKl81e8EbRpSCBH3zHfU-2F-2BDxo1asZ2GfZ1jV8LACpMDWhLYiCRUqhieoWMUvab4Cq2XGpl3ENBh0uQYQBp2et-2FiMwVpDX0KsQTp5B2drXU8CEzXlGwOm7jv-2BTmIwyY17FLcnKrGWR-2BQ9CDTS0xOKWqelptBOJr14oIwyNTd4FFXjAQUaKnnpyjOzoo8Z6e-2BOmLWGI4PM5uX111YF1w-3D-3D] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ] - Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson] https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2016/11/18/today-in-music-history-robert-johnsons-first-recording-session [https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2016/11/18/today-in-music-history-robert-johnsons-first-recording-session] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Johnson-American-musician [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Johnson-American-musician] https://www.biography.com/musician/robert-johnson [https://www.biography.com/musician/robert-johnson] https://www.inaraft.com/blog/a-remarkable-story-of-survival-at-sea-poon-lim/ [https://www.inaraft.com/blog/a-remarkable-story-of-survival-at-sea-poon-lim/] https://www.historydefined.net/poon-lim/ [https://www.historydefined.net/poon-lim/] https://www.ststworld.com/poon-lim/ [https://www.ststworld.com/poon-lim/] https://www.grunge.com/587076/the-unbelievable-story-behind-a-man-who-was-lost-at-sea-for-133-days/ [https://www.grunge.com/587076/the-unbelievable-story-behind-a-man-who-was-lost-at-sea-for-133-days/] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Doctor_Who [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Doctor_Who]  - Photo:  By Copyright © 1989 Delta Haze Corporation.[2]The photograph was taken in 1936 by the Hooks Brothers Photographers studio, owned by Henry and Robert Hooks, located on Beale Street in Memphis.[3] In 1974, Johnson's half-sister Carrie Thompson entered a copyright transfer agreement with Stephen LaVere in which she represented herself as Johnson's sole and closest heir.[4] She agreed to transfer to LaVere "[a]ll of her right, title and interests, including all common law and statutory copyrights, in and to ... a photograph of Robert L. Johnson taken by Hooks Brothers Photography in Memphis, Tennessee, and showing Johnson in a sitting position with a guitar running diagonally across his body ..."[5]The photo was first published in 1989 in the journal 78 Quarterly (Vol. 1, No. 4) with LaVere's permission.[6] It was most notably featured as the cover artwork for the 1990 release of The Complete Recordings, distributed by Columbia Records under license from LaVere.[7] In a series of subsequent court decisions, the Mississippi court system identified Claud Johnson of Crystal Springs, Mississippi as Robert Johnson's sole heir and determined that he was entitled to royalties from LaVere's 1974 contract. Claud Johnson died on June 30, 2015;[8] upon his death, the interest passed to his heirs, including Michael Johnson.[9], Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12948079 [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12948079]

November 16th... Pizarro and Atahualpa

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 195. This time we examine the year 1532 as Francisco Pizarro traps the Incan ruler Atahualpa, and massacres 5,000 Incan soldiers. - Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/ [https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/] https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz [https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz]  -  iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084]  Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/ [https://theyearwas.podbean.com/] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA [https://u922627.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=TvhtDiauxJVhRdbUMx2NHL6ODzLmx4MtfKCdFx-2FSGFRogJeTTZzs35lWL7lDWbrPTMleRrz6buNeIxX7uEPB8A-3D-3D_Stp8VlPH5EKiat3egTc76vlwfNhwo4Btc-2Bn1tXO1g5iYRjEPGn67g33kSuDQBjFmRYFA-2FKl81e8EbRpSCBH3zHfU-2F-2BDxo1asZ2GfZ1jV8LACpMDWhLYiCRUqhieoWMUvab4Cq2XGpl3ENBh0uQYQBp2et-2FiMwVpDX0KsQTp5B2drXU8CEzXlGwOm7jv-2BTmIwyY17FLcnKrGWR-2BQ9CDTS0xOKWqelptBOJr14oIwyNTd4FFXjAQUaKnnpyjOzoo8Z6e-2BOmLWGI4PM5uX111YF1w-3D-3D] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ] - Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Pizarro [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Pizarro] https://www.worldhistory.org/Inca_Civilization/ [https://www.worldhistory.org/Inca_Civilization/] https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-traps-incan-emperor-atahualpa [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-traps-incan-emperor-atahualpa] https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Francisco_Pizarro/ [https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Francisco_Pizarro/] https://www.pdjnews.com/lifestyle/francisco-pizarro-traps-incan-emperor-atahualpa [https://www.pdjnews.com/lifestyle/francisco-pizarro-traps-incan-emperor-atahualpa] https://www.calendarz.com/on-this-day/november/16/francisco-pizarro [https://www.calendarz.com/on-this-day/november/16/francisco-pizarro] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoilers_of_the_Golden_Empire [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoilers_of_the_Golden_Empire]  - Photo:  By Anonymous - Berlin/Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany / Art Resource, NY, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73333774 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73333774]