The year is 1928. William Mulholland is back in the picture, this time building the St. Francis Dam. Women achieve the right to vote (finally) in Britain! Plus, we talk Anna Anderson and her attempt to pose as the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia.
All of this, plus the year's top 5 movies (and the debut of Steamboat Willie) and music.
Listen now to get all the details.
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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow
Background Music: "The Great One Step" by Victor Dance Orchestra, licensed under the public domain license, found at
https://laist.com/2016/11/03/st_francis_dam.php
http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/st_francis_dam/St-Francis-Dam-for-ASCE-Press.pdf
https://damfailures.org/case-study/st-francis-dam-california-1928/
https://tsort.info/music/yr1928.htm
https://popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1928.php IMDb http://www.films101.com/y1928r.htm https://www.filmsite.org/1928.html www.history.com/.amp/topics/russia/romanov-family https://blog.newspapers.com/last-of-the-czars/ time.com/5340985/romanov-century-dna-myths/%3famp=true www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/anastasia-arrives-in-the-united-states